Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 9000 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). Amber (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His chestnut hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: William was born with his mother's beautiful face. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Azurite (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a white small hat and white clothes. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hupe isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born in the west to a Blacksmith, Hupe learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He became a Blacksmith soon after.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Amber (90 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a brown tunic with green highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Nordak never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). 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.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. She has chestnut hair. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has achieved small success as a Sage.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and doesn't want to be a sage and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Canary diamond (5000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Star ruby (600 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bather arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 8000 gp. Coral (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp).