Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Verna took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 4'8" and is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. 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 shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born in the south. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson yellow hat.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Norman lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 cp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Spy. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Through the years after Tethren was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Tethren's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her greataxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Ranala was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ranala never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, In love, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 gp. Jet (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).