Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has no hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nikki embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. After a long history of fighting, Nikki and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries with her a set of rapiers, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her lavender fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age her father died while driving off some drow. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in rapier use. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 10000 cp. Obsidian (11 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Tippletoe will drive conversation. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 3'1", this woman has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. She sports silver long hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Kansif liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a brown coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. She wears her red hair down. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Urshar lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Mormog isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.