Description: Standing 3'9", this woman wears tattered old clothes. She has brown hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

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 is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

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. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Nedda was raised in a hard working conservative environment. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a Sculptor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's in love; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Shortens vowels

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

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and she perpetually has her sai ready. Her green crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Surina was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Surina took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up sai and armor she uses now. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Soapmaker who has hired him part-time. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. His childhood dream was to be a Farmer, but he was a colossal failure. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Soapmaker for hire.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'9" when asserting herself. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Dagnal is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He prefers to wear flannel. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 35000 sp.