Description: An older woman who is dressed in an above average manner, she is not a threatening figure. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 8000 gp. Sard (50 gp). Emerald (1500 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: He wears professional attire. His black crest is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Jade (150 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Jade (150 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Marshal, he is not a threatening figure. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 9000 gp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Rose (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Jet (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: This southern woman is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small blue clips. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 8000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 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 (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Anselm was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 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 (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear violet clothing when she does not wear armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She is a Jackalwere in disguise. A gifted student she started as a Farmer, but she got bored and became a Roofer. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Blue diamond (5000 gp). Rose (50 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. She wears her beige fur up. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Gale alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 10000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 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 (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.