Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a red collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Alain was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow.

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Recently the stress of being a Shipwright has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, In love, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 15000 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Coral (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Sard (80 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. She has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1200 pp. Onyx (40 gp). Coral (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 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.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Tanglar is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in the east to a Stableman, Urshar learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She's also a talented Barrister, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 16000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 6'6", this man prefers to wear flannel. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Dench was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Dench and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Animal Trainer; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears suspenders and pastel workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. She has moderate length red fur. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Trail is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 9000 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Jade (120 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Jade (120 gp). Jasper (60 gp).