Description: She is a husky woman, who is typically in her Carter uniform. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Carter responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 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: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. She has a dull look in her white eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Jezebeth was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mayor. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 8000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She wears a fancy brown dress. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has wavy auburn hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Oriff was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a Hunter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Hunter 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 orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Callie 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: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 17000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an entirely violet suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is short and black. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: 7000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 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: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is still thick. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Faran lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student he started as a Blacksmith, but he got bored and became a Weaver. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Blacksmith again; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 10000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and is pretty ugly. Her white fur, when down, is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A gifted student she started as a Slave Trader, but she got bored and became a Merchant. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.