Description: She is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: Avelina lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student she started as a Butcher, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 10 pp. Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Williamina was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Williamina's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Williamina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 2'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. His white hair is singed and shortened. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears bulky red painted plate armor. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. His crest, while still mostly scarlet, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Baradad is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.