Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she likes to wear white tank tops with blue skirt. She has a very tight haircut. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman wears a brown costume with the symbols of her god on her torso, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black fur, when down, is lengthy. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

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. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. 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: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her red hair is well kept. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Armorer business.

History: Born to a Merchant, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Artin never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Rose (20 gp). Jade (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition and is in decent physical shape. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Military, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has wavy red crest. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Engraver but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Engraver business at a young age. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He's also a talented Herbalist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (4 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Blue-white diamond (7000 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a black collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt and is in decent physical shape. His gold crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 left hand. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He has green eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has auburn hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She hates Dwarves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Artin grew up listening to her mother's many stories. 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 north. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: He is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His silver hair is still thick. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 140 gp.