Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. Her red hair is still thick. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Avelina was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 pp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 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.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He sports a flattop hair cut. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Through the years after Varis was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Varis's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1100 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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, Skog 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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Sard (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with brown slacks. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Oolah was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: In love, Job, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 gp. White pearl (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Hematite (8 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His silver hair is long and unkept. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. Traubon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist, Fearful, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Rose (60 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). White pearl (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.