Description: This woman is very fat, and dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Portia alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears long strands of amethyst and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Damien was born the youngest of three triplets. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Târz is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has moderate length red hair. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. A freak accident while working with her Shepherd father left her crippled. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 sp. Coral (140 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available she will default to her pickaxe. She has moderate length auburn hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses like a well dressed Bowyer does. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She tends to her Bowyer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp. Hematite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears long strands of ruby and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has silver hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Navigator who has hired her part-time. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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.

Bonds: Rich, In love, Attractive, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her fur is short and orange. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Emerald lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a seamstress and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.