Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Makaria was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Makaria alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her yellow fur is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Animal Trainer. Shifting enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Shifting was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Poor, In love. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has wavy lavender fur. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Cask took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. 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 is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her quarterstaff with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. She has a very tight haircut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail.