Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a yellow coat. She carries with her a set of shields, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Althaea alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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 was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 14. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Tod took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up falchion and armor he uses now. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is content; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He worked as a nervous Brewer and found it very stressful. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amber (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.