Description: A 5'8" western woman, she typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a engraver again

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears dull black sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed rapier, just in case. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her white hair down. She is baby faced.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Sorath lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Hunter, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1900 pp. White pearl (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Sard (40 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Aline embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. 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, Aline is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1100 pp. Pink diamond (3000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Rose (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 pp. Hematite (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Sard (40 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Chalcedony (40 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He sports a flattop crest cut. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Animal Trainer, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Sard (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears dull white sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed greatsword, just in case. With wild white hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a bastard sword on his belt. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in a small island village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He struck the Mayor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 gp. Moss agate (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Red garnet (90 gp).