Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She has a hunchback. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: White pearl (120 gp). Jet (120 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His gray fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His skin is flawless and his yellow eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. Althaea enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Flaws: Disease, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He keeps his brown fur in a pixie cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Flame will drive conversation. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Flame was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her monstrous two handed axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Adventurer for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.