Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ghash grew up listening to his father's many stories. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Doctor. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 37000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'8" when asserting himself. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. She has green eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's in love; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, tan shirt, and blue tie. Her hair is long and black with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small grey clips. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Beggar hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 60 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. He has a hunchback. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 2'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her red hair is still thick. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Junk Dealer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Junk Dealer for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a healer again

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears tattered old clothes. She sports silver long hair. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Coral (150 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Iolite (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, she is not a threatening figure. She has wavy red hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Engraver for the past few years.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Obsidian (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Architect arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.