Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a halberd on her belt. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pennie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 pp. Zircon (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. After a long history of fighting, Griselda and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Flaws: Impulsive, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 700 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Fargas liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Job, In love. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Jet (60 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'8". He wears a fancy brown suit, and his gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a fisher and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 pp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. The war was a terrible time for her, and Oriel does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Oriel was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Priest hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in the south. 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 used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 9000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.