Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She likes to wear red tank tops with grey skirt. Her hair is white and very short. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nikki isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a Apothecary, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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. Naeris 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's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She very much looks the part of a Tanner. She has wavy gold crest. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She got into the Tanner business at a young age. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Tanner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has achieved small success as a Tanner.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.