Description: A 3'4" southern man, he wears a blue costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He has shaved his head bald. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her purple hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Kasdeya was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She struck the Stableman job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple pastel robe with black stripes complete with hood. His fur is short and white. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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 with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp. Fire opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears long strands of jet and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.