Description: This light-skinned female is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has silver hair. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Ermina is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She uses divination through singing.

History: The child of a Detective, who enjoyed hunting, Ermina was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ermina was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1200 pp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Black opal (700 gp). White opal (700 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Aquamarine (1300 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: This malnourished woman wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Barber profession.

History: Burana was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Brewer. She has worked as a Brewer like her mother before her.

Motivation: To be a Barber again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears long strands of emerald and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, she is not a threatening figure. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp).

Description: He wears a yellow vest and prefers tan and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and he perpetually has his spear ready. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ivellios is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ivellios was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ivellios fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 pp. Iolite (40 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). White opal (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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 born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Malachite (8 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Herleva will drive conversation. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Herleva never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dull red sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nedda grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp).