Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses like a well dressed Soapmaker does. He sports a flattop hair cut. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. 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: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Soapmaker. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To be a Seamstress again; and balancing his hectic life and new soapmaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 pp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Rose (60 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'4" and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. She has no hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. 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, Vanchu is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Priest business at a young age. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Priest responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 9000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her dark red hair is braided into rings. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Eida isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Eida was born with her father's beautiful face. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 5000 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Rose (20 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Jade (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He keeps his red fur in a pixie cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Harvest is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Star ruby (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Jet (100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: A 3'0" eastern woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She has blue eyes and a white hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Eran was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Eran abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Azurite (7 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. She wears her red hair up. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Rieta and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 pp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Jade (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Jet (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Chrysoprase (50 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.