Description: This tall, slender woman dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is renowned for her bright pastel dresses and hats. Her cinnamon fur is long and unkept. Her fierce copper eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Tree was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, In love. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 80 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older man who is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and grey handkerchief worn on his left side, he is not a threatening figure. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Himo grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Himo. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is greedy

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Pikar hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 160 gp.