Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear flannel, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Clear bright green emerald (4000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a Apothecary, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Akta fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 pp. Obsidian (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Moss agate (7 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: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a simple violet robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, brown cloak, and carries longswords. His yellow fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. After a long history of fighting, River and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Malachite (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Sard (70 gp). Amber (110 gp). Blue-white diamond (6000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Jade (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Onyx (70 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Sard (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and likes to wear black tank tops with red pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Ûkshak hails from a village terrorized by giants. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Azurite (11 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.