Description: An older woman who is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, she is not a threatening figure. She has blonde hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the south to a Bather, Vaina learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and balancing her hectic life and new bather responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears just a brown suit. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aldous studied abroad. 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. After a long history of fighting, Aldous and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2600 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is black and curly. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He takes great joy in being the best Bricklayer in town.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has achieved small success as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her hair is golden and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

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. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Mentor, In love, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries with him a set of bastard swords, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his white fur in a flapper bob. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Cask has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. Tourmaline (150 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her warhammer with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her lavender fur is long and unkept. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is obsessed with her god.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'8" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but she was a colossal failure. She's also a talented Shipwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. At some point she was captured by goblins and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against goblins

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1200 pp. Golden pearl (120 gp). Rose (70 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Azurite (6 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears black trousers with grey and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length dark red hair. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: Makaria was born the youngest of three triplets. Makaria was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Slave Trader. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

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

Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 310 gp.