Description: This late middle aged woman likes to wear black tank tops with pastel skirt and is in decent physical shape. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Butcher. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished scythe as well. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Bathin will drive conversation. He takes great joy in being the best Butcher in town.

History: He got into the Butcher business at a young age. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He's also a talented Soapmaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. His red fur is greasy and uncared for. He is baby faced.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born in the east. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has dyed her greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Surina was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. During her travels, Surina and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Surina discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Surina fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female is dressed in an above average manner. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Agatha was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He has moderate length blue crest. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She usually wears her brown robe and has her longbow always slung over her shoulder. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Sarah hails from a village terrorized by drow. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1400 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Jasper (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and is pretty ugly. He has moderate length black hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and dragonborn compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He carries with him a set of spears on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He has moderate length blonde hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1500 gp. Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Jet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.