Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has no hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Helja embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and is pretty ugly. He sports a flattop crest cut. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Shedinn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 14000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has blue eyes and a white hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Bertram was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her gray fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Flask wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1900 sp. Obsidian (13 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).