Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a red costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 2'9" and is dressed in earthy colors with a white and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Lidda liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: This woman wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a longbow on her belt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length red crest. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. 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: Biri was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her first spouse was a Glassblower, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black shirt with thin green vertical stripes and blue pants. He has moderate length white hair. His eyes are white.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Full Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a red shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and pastel pants. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20000 cp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. 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: She was born into a rich family. Through the years after Ronwe was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ronwe's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears skinny pants and wears a white and pastel robe with the hood down. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her golden hair is still thick. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Shaena's homeland. Shaena decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Emerald (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a blue small hat and blue clothes. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: Ortegar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Aristocrat, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2100 sp.