Description: A moderately attractive woman, she sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Philomena was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Artin studied abroad. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

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

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This southern woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has styled her brass crest well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sai, just in case. His hair is short and brown. He is baby faced.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He is a Succubi in disguise. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 6000 sp. Jasper (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greataxes and shortbows. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears dull violet sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sai, just in case. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Eva embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Eva was born with her mother's beautiful face. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Seamstress work with an outfit from a few towns over. Seamstress work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 pp. Onyx (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Mentor, In love, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull tan iron scale mail. She is portly but not overly obese. She has bronze crest. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

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. The war was a terrible time for her, and Havilar does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Havilar was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 110000 cp. Hematite (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Impulsive, Insane. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).