Description: He wears a red vest and prefers black and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his youth he was a Dilettante, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she likes to wear tan tank tops with grey skirt. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Meriele lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her lance with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Jo hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is an amazing painter.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 sp. Eye agate (6 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears an entirely tan suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Server business.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was taken from her home at a very young age. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she's in love

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greatswords and bastard swords. His golden hair is thinning but still full. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Ar-Beka was born with his father's beautiful face. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, tan shirt, and white tie. His bronze crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He takes great joy in being the best Brewer in town.

History: Vrondiss was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gifted student he started as a Roofer, but he got bored and became a Brewer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has chestnut hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born in the east to a Glassblower, Anbera learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes. and is in decent physical shape. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mayor.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a masseuse again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 3 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Thunderstones.