Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She dresses like a well dressed Sailor does. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sailor.

Motivation: Expand her business; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. After a long history of fighting, Wella and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Server

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 360 pp. Hematite (10 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She is a Mayor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Driindar was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears blue trousers with violet and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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: Gifted from a young age, Nyx studied abroad. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His blue hair is lengthy. His half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Qemuel was born with his father's beautiful face. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1300 gp. Amethyst (40 gp). White opal (500 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Azurite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and green handkerchief worn on her left side. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Symma is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her first spouse was a Shepherd, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 500 gp. Iolite (50 gp).

Description: She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Carnelian (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her fur, while still mostly cinnamon, has prominent grey streaks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 60 gp.