Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. A true patriot, Fistula would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 struck the Sailor job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Military, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1700 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and carries monstrous two handed axes. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1200 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Uthûg reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 gp. Banded agate (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). White opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest and is in decent physical shape. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Tippletoe isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Tippletoe was born the youngest of three triplets. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Family, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her black crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: She got into the Shipwright business at a young age. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She's also a talented Animal Trainer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and expand her business

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears dull green sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed lance, just in case and is in decent physical shape. Her silver crest is thinning but still full. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Havilar's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is an amazing painter.

History: She got into the Actor business at a young age. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She is dressed in earthy colors with a white and yellow handkerchief worn on her left side. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She got into the Butcher business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Herbalist, but she got bored and became a Butcher. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is short and blonde. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Baelitae hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He stands about 3'11" and wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.