Description: She is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her white hair is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Barber. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle and is in decent physical shape. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She stands about 3'9" and is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her red hair up. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Helgret liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is content

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 20 gp. Coral (80 gp).