Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Howard's homeland. Howard decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small red clips. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Marigold lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered drow who tried to eat her hand. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Verna is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion; and to be a stableman again

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 8000 sp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She very much looks the part of a Map Maker. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the east were limited. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Map Maker.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.