Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'1" and tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has slicked back black hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Virra lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and balancing her hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Crampernap never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1300 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She carries with her a set of whips, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. In her youth she was a Crown-heir, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a white collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 gp.