Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case. His beige fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He got into the Junk Dealer business at a young age. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Malachite (7 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Coral (50 gp).

Description: A 6'2" southern woman, she has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Volen took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up axe and armor she uses now. She became a Courier soon after.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Coral (150 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She has moderate length chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his copper crest in a flapper bob. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He married young, but lost his spouse to gnolls. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 pp. Jet (90 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Canary diamond (4000 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Soapmaker business.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 9000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: This woman wears long strands of amber and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.