Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Portia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She tends to her Body Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Nelkin was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Nelkin's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 140 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She wears her auburn hair up. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Elysande hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Elysande was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Jade (50 gp).