Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is golden and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gillyd fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is typically in his Slave Trader uniform. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He is baby faced.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born in a small forest village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Moss agate (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Azurite (4 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a large white jacket. Her black hair is cut short. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Philomena embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Philomena hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Philomena 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Philomena was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Engraver. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 6000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 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.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears his silver crest down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Emotional, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Amber (100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Hematite (15 gp).

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this northern woman wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in the north. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: A 4'11" western woman, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Stableman but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.