Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Engong was born with her father's beautiful face. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Interpreter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Interpreter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Interpreter responsibilities is difficult; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 pp. Black pearl (700 gp). Jet (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Carpenter. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Pallabar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born into a rich family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. He has worked as a Carpenter like his father before him.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 8000 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Rose (80 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Rose (80 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Azurite (13 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortspear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has no hair. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Qualen is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Navigator

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

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Solid gold idol (400 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.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tattered old clothes. His white fur is knotted and matted. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Brown diamond (2000 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Star ruby (500 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are white.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her first spouse was a Barber, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Barber they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Architect, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is dressed in a clean green cloak covering her clean studded leather. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born to a Sage, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1300 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 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 (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she usually wears her violet robe and has her kukri always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Maynild was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Maynild was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 pp. Amethyst (80 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Jade (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Coral (80 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.