Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Junk Dealer born in the past three hundred years. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born in the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side, marred by chocolates. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Mella was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Jet (140 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Reynard was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Sard (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Sard (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Jade (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Semyaza grew up listening to her father's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Semyaza never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Gold and ruby ring (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She wears her silver hair up. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

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 uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears long strands of emerald and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Cimer was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Marshal, but he got bored and became a Map Maker. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is a Soapmaker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Vorka was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp).