Description: This southern woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Hoshgrish was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Hoshgrish decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Hoshgrish never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A 5'7" northern woman, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She tends to her Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her brown hair is cut short. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Human compassion; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 120 gp. Amber (90 gp).