Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. 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 money and likes to spend it; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is chestnut and curly. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Performer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has moderate length black fur. Her skin is flawless and her copper eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Aura was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a grey tunic with brown highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shoemaker. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. Her auburn hair is cut short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Vicky was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Server

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

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 4'10" eastern woman, she usually wears her blue robe and has her mace always slung over her shoulder. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 60000 cp. White pearl (150 gp). Sard (20 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a ceremonial dagger on her belt. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Silaqui hails from a village terrorized by drow. In her 16th 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. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: This woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. With wild brown hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born into a rich family. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Guard. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Roge abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by a spirit.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2900 sp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp).