Description: She is a mite stocky and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Faral was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Gardener. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has a crush on the local gardener

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Servant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 16000 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her black hair is still thick. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Nedda lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Bookbinder kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries a battered greataxe and tarnished spear as well. He wears his blonde hair up. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hamil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and violet handkerchief worn on his left side. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has achieved small success as a Performer.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Courier; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. He has a hunchback. His tied-back hair is red. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving William alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue quartz (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Emerald (1300 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When Tenena reached her early adolescence her Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 pp. Azurite (15 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Sard (50 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Jade (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. 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. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Philomena never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amethyst (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp).