Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears green trousers with white and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her crest is scarlet, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ruloth was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tattered old clothes. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: Modean hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Hatae is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and carries lances. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born in the north. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'10". She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Willow embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Willow abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has achieved small success as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (150 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and carries maces. His fur is short and lavender. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Dynamic is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dynamic grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has wavy brass crest. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.