Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. She is portly but not overly obese. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She found a children's book about a Halfling Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Naivara speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born to a Brewer, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. During her travels, Naivara and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Naivara discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Naivara fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Fortune-teller profession.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He worked as a nervous Knight and found it very stressful. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has moderate length white hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'0". He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and tan handkerchief worn on his right side, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sai. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Burto was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Cook work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cook work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cook for the past few years.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dutch accent

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

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 500 gp.

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 red hair is wavy and long. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Quilla was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2800 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Coral (110 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Buvvie is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Gifted from a young age, Buvvie studied abroad. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a sword on her belt. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Paela was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 gp.