Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born in the east to a Gardener, Althaea learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Bowyer, but she was a colossal failure. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and balancing her hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her face is scarred and worn.

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 is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. After a long history of fighting, Diesa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 370 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

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

Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Bethrynna is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a black tunic with pastel highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He keeps his gold crest in a pixie cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. The war was a terrible time for him, and Shedinn does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her purple hair is singed and shortened. She has silver eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Markosian is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Markosian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. She has no hair. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her long yellow fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

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. Drifting abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Drifting fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This malnourished man prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. His fur is gray and very short. His eyes are copper and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Moon hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tabaxi companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 14000 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Azurite (14 gp). 1 Major magic item.