Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With wild silver hair. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gynnie embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting brigands, the young Gynnie began to lead the lost caravan. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 140 gp. Jasper (70 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her yellow eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the west to a Armorer, Shadow learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Expand her business; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His hair is brown and very short. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Gimûb was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Cleric, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Cleric in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Cleric who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and axes. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 900 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly swords and quarterstaffs. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson yellow hat.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.