Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has wavy silver hair. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. After a long history of fighting, Orla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Healer; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Amethyst (130 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He is physically well-built. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Yurk was born with his mother's beautiful face. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Yurk was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 140 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a sai on his belt, and is pretty ugly. He has brown hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy, Racist. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Azurite (10 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Jet (40 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time and is in decent physical shape. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length brown fur. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Edge fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 270 pp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Ploughman. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she's in love

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her trident, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Adrie was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2200 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears just a brown suit. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. He is a great chef.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to be a performer again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Silver ewer (30 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a tan top hat and tan clothes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Vadania enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Through the years after Vadania was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Vadania's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 800 sp.