Description: This younger middle-aged woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and a wedding ring on her left hand. With bright golden hair. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Thiala was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Traulam was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Traulam decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

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

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small brown clips. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Fletcher. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She takes great joy in being the best Fletcher in town.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Fletcher. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Merchant. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Bhevek was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bookbinder. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Oolah has worked very hard to control her curse. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp).

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ulla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. After a long history of fighting, Ulla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.