Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has wavy red hair. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. 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 is greedy; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Debt, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and longswords. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Orla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 cp. Moss agate (8 gp).

Description: He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Wrenn hails from a village terrorized by giants. 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Sard (40 gp).

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a longsword on her belt. She carries a battered greataxe and tarnished longsword as well. She has blonde hair. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her youth she was a Architect, 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 brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is dressed in an above average manner. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Jade (140 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears bulky brown painted plate armor, and she perpetually has her monstrous two handed axe ready. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She has gray eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Tordrid 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. A freak accident while working with her Barkeep father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears white trousers with brown and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This western woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is short and white. Her silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Bune enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Howard liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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. Howard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 190 gp.