Description: Standing 4'3", this woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Audhild was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. She struck the Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 900 sp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a Knight, her father struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Military, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a tight pastel one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His orange fur is smooth and relatively long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and blue pants. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Hubert reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. After a long history of fighting, Hubert and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp).

Description: Standing 3'3", this woman wears professional attire. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. In her youth she was a Cartwright, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her purple hair is braided into rings. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. A true patriot, Phelaia would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Phelaia lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with her Merchant mother left her crippled. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sailor and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 30000 cp. Banded agate (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Mara has worked very hard to control her curse. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She is an epitome of beauty. She sports a flattop hair 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: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. Recently the stress of being a Slave Trader has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.