Description: This tall, slender woman wears a red vest and prefers black and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Eida was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student she started as a Jeweler, but she got bored and became a Detective. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Racist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 sp. Coral (120 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Malachite (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 sp. Jasper (50 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a large pastel jacket. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her first spouse was a Armorer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Armorer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Servant, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Godfrey will drive conversation. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: Godfrey was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Fletcher, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 120 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Marastyr embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Marastyr is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Marastyr grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Marastyr. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a grey coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born into a rich family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 50 gp.