Description: He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Ralf alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His rusty crest is matted, messy, and big. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: This northern woman prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Althaea was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Althaea grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Althaea. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes., and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brass crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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 not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears an entirely red suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her red hair is long and unkept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Georgina lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Heather liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp. 3 Acid flasks. 2 Antitoxin. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and quarterstaffs. Her tied-back hair is black. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of a Ruler, who enjoyed hunting, Nella was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is short and red. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Damakos's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Masseuse born in the past three hundred years. He uses divination through singing.

History: He is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He feels kind of lost in life; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rose (50 gp).