Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her auburn hair is cut short. She has gray eyes and a violet hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She has achieved small success as a Healer.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 250 pp. Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. Through the years after Shaena was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Shaena's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new butcher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: An older man who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Stableman, he is not a threatening figure. He has a very tight haircut. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

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. A gifted student he started as a Dilettante, but he got bored and became a Stableman. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Stableman for hire.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Cecily was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Cecily's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a red scarf. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a Performer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A freak accident while working with his Performer mother left him crippled. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to work out more often

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a red armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 20000 cp. Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bertram grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a Map Maker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 27000 cp. Malachite (11 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.