Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Helen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 68. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His childhood dream was to be a Spy, but he was a colossal failure. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and carries daggers. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the south to a Weaver, Vadania learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Weaver and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

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

Description: This tall, slender man wears a red shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bulzo isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and doesn't want to be a courier and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears tattered old clothes. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp).