Description: This dark-skinned female wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available she will default to her kukri. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ekk grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 5000 sp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Hematite (12 gp). White pearl (90 gp).

Description: She wears a white vest and prefers pastel and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Jillian learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To be a Tailor again; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She carries with her a set of kukris, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting goblins, the young Shivering began to lead the lost caravan. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This southern man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She carries with her a set of nunchakus, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Philomena isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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 martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 cp.