Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a hunchback. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her ears are large.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Map Maker. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Star ruby (600 gp). Rose (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). 2 Holy water.

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 50 gp. Amber (90 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears bulky red painted plate armor. She sports black long hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the south to a Tanner, Rose learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Rose was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Tanner for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 sp. Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: A 4'7" southern woman, she is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her fur is black and curly. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Emerald's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. Coral (60 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Borun fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a green coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His hair is blue and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. She has wavy red hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ishte isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a Soapmaker, her mother struggled to pay the bills. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 40 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).