Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Shava was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shava decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: Standing 5'11", this woman wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available she will default to her sword. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Amber (140 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tan shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nim does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nim was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He tends to his Dyer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. Her head has been shaved. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bookbinder who has hired her part-time. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Portia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bookbinder and was forced into it by her family; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso, and is pretty ugly. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.