Description: This malnourished woman wears professional attire. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Shanairla 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. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. After a long history of fighting, Shanairla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Sage. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a Dilettante, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He became a Sage soon after.

Motivation: He's in love; and to be a dilettante again

Bonds: Job, Enemies, Poor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: She wears a tan vest and prefers pastel and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Ridaro is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ridaro does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ridaro was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Shipwright. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Oren embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mortician business.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Oren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This woman wears long strands of emerald and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Banker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her childhood dream was to be a Roofer, but she was a colossal failure. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Knight, who enjoyed hunting, Ermina was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1400 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His lavender fur is lengthy. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 12. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. After months of barely getting by, Edge managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She wears a yellow top hat and yellow clothes. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a Fisher, her father struggled to pay the bills. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. Sard (80 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.