Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His brown hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born in the north to a Map Maker, Ribbles learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Through the years after Ribbles was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ribbles's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a colorful flower in her brass crest. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Vezera was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Azurite (13 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She wears her red hair down. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Thiala abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Isabella lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Detective they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Adventurer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 500 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.