Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. After a long history of fighting, Werydd and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This southern woman wears a red cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Cora is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Baker business at a young age. When Cora reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Baker.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 sp. Jet (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He keeps his long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. This black eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Baker again; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Amber (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Tiefling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tiefling doctor. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She tends to wear a large red jacket, marred by chocolates. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Merla isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. After coming to the age of reason, Merla took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hammers and axes. His crest, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Marshal. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Marshal. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. She wears her red hair up. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Vicky was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. She became a Bellfounder soon after.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 320 pp. White opal (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). White opal (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Coral (80 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a red armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nikki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull brown iron scale mail. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a flapper bob. Her yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cloak grew up listening to her father's many stories. A gifted student she started as a Cook, but she got bored and became a Fortune-teller. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.