Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has wavy brown hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Dee isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman very much looks the part of a Ploughman, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her bronze crest is greasy and uncared for. She has gold eyes and a green hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Raiann was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. She wears her golden hair up. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born in the south. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Dyer. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 9000 cp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a yellow vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her yellow boots flare out at the collars. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her hair is golden and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Avelina 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 ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Barrister for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 310 pp. Obsidian (15 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears tattered old clothes. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Grigi grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dragonborn artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (50 gp). Amber (50 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gurdis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gurdis. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gurdis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman likes to wear grey tank tops with white skirt. Her red hair is well kept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Rich, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Tiaathque has worked very hard to control her curse. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).