Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has a very tight haircut. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has worked as a Body Guard like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her hair is silver and curly. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vola studied abroad. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Animal Trainer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female wears a fancy violet dress. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. Cecily enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Cecily was born with her mother's beautiful face. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Adelaide grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: 6'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His green crest is braided into rings. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Zedaar will drive conversation. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Fortune-teller mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Born in the north to a Performer, Anne learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Performer.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and human compassion

Ideals: Pacifist, Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'10". He wears a fancy brown suit, and his gloved hand is found clutching a mace. His yellow fur is still thick. His copper eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Tricking was born with his father's beautiful face. While he appears to be a normal Tabaxi, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 140 gp.