Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her long scarlet crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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's also a talented Adventurer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Hematite (14 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears brown trousers with black and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Lance was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barber.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his small red hat.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Ortegar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: This eastern woman wears an entirely red suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Navigator. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 900 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Coral (100 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a pastel vest and prefers brown and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Kite was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kite decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After months of barely getting by, Kite managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He has blonde hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his feathered blue hat.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mercenary but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.