Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. She has a very tight haircut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of a Detective, who enjoyed hunting, Ida was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Logical. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 140 gp. Moss agate (6 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear flannel, and is pretty ugly. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing a long, tan cloak. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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: She's in love; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears dull black sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shortbow, just in case. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Hogar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Hogar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Hogar was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy red suit, and carries longbows. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Watson grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. With wild black hair. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 90. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'8". He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is a Banker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Cartwright father left him crippled. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He's in love; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Banker

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

Possessions: 400 gp.