Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 pp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, black cloak. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Markosian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Slave Trader. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this southern man typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears just a black suit. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Jaxi was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 700 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He carries with him a set of longswords on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His hair is brown and very short. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 12000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's in love

Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has moderate length silver hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.