Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her first spouse was a Adventurer, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and hand crossbows. She wears her brass crest down. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Antrara was born the youngest of three triplets. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman likes to wear white tank tops with black skirt. She wears her auburn hair down. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Jade (110 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has moderate length orange fur. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Skirt's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. 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: Someone believes her a fraud; and to be a carpenter again

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 250 pp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times, marred by sweets. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

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. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears tattered old clothes. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Pearl hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Pearl was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a brown collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 100 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on his right side. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Kody is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2900 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Malachite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.