Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Emotional, Selfish. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears violet trousers with brown and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She sports silver long hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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 in a desert tribe. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She bought a longbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1200 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has styled his scarlet crest well, parting it to the left. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 8000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp).

Description: An older woman who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, she is not a threatening figure. Her black fur is knotted and matted. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She got into the Guard business at a young age. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Debt, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rose (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). White opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He has wavy red hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 pp. Black pearl (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: She stands about 4'8" and wears tattered old clothes. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp).