Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is red and very short. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Carlin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the north to a Beggar, Carlin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants revenge against goblins; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. She has chestnut hair. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Beatrice's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has worked as a Ruler like her mother before her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

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. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kelter grew up listening to his father's many stories. His childhood dream was to be a Layabout, but he was a colossal failure. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 7000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.