Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing a long, grey cloak. Her white hair is lengthy. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Valida was born with her father's beautiful face. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Courier for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 210 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 auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Soapmaker they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Barkeep, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red spinel (150 gp). Sard (80 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shield, just in case. His white crest is unkempt and raggedy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Coral (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has styled his gray fur well, parting it to the left. His eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shivering grew up listening to his father's many stories. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a yellow top hat and yellow clothes, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Anselm speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Miner arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Miner responsibilities is difficult; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she tends to wear a large white jacket. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the east to a Sellsword, Huru learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and revenge

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He carries a battered hammer and tarnished kukri as well. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 75. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.