Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is white and very short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has achieved small success as a Seamstress.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Banker; and she's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 5000 sp. Emerald (700 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: She wears a simple violet robe with grey stripes complete with hood. She is portly but not overly obese. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Anastrianna was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: An older man who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, he is not a threatening figure. His scarlet crest is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Marshal. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Vrondiss was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new marshal responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Blue sapphire (400 gp). White opal (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Citrine (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Healer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Roywyn was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Healer. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is content

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are gold.

Personality: Donaar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warrior, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'3" and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her head has been shaved. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Tervaround was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. She struck the Cook job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Borun was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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 seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

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

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is dark but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Yevelda lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1200 gp.