Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a hunchback. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 sp. Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: This woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull white iron scale mail. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has worked as a Baker like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to be a miller again

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She found a children's book about a Gnome Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 pp. Jet (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her broad grey hat.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Artin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: She wears an entirely blue suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She is physically well-built. She has no hair. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is a husky man, who very much looks the part of a Shipwright. He wears his black fur down. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Three hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Through the years after Three was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Three's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a green shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Cressel's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Cressel was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Cressel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This eastern woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her copper crest up. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. The war was a terrible time for her, and Chassath does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

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

Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has brown eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

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. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gubrash was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gubrash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's in love

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).