Description: This late middle aged woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Racist, Secretive, Greedy. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30000 cp. Tourmaline (130 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe, and is pretty ugly. She sports black long hair. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She receives visions of the future at random moments

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 childhood dream was to be a Assassin, but she was a colossal failure. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver pearl (70 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'9" and wears a white armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. His hair is short and white. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ar-Gul will drive conversation. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Trynnicus was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has moderate length white hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Quillathe embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gifted student she started as a Butcher, but she got bored and became a Weaver. After a long history of fighting, Quillathe and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Slave, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a red shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 170 gp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 79. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Sekhmet lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has styled her gray fur well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Through the years after Edge was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Edge's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: A 4'1" southern man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.