Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She has blonde hair. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a Marshal first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ahlyssa is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Ahlyssa was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1900 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. 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: Ilanis lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 8000 gp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is still thick. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Frouse was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Banded agate (6 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Jade (100 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Rose (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Rose (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). White opal (700 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with green slacks. Her brown fur, when down, is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

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 misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Smoking liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a sickle and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1400 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: He wears a brown vest and prefers violet and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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, Fallond is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who is dressed in an above average manner, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Silvo isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and doesn't want to be a glassblower and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). White pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Myathethil will drive conversation. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Myathethil lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Myathethil took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.