Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 11000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her scimitar with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Astaro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She tends to her Brewer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To be a Bowyer again; and balancing her hectic life and new brewer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Hematite (11 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Eloise and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (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.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull black iron scale mail. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Jade (40 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Sard (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shoemaker. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 9000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Whurbin is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He 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. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 9000 gp. Rose (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Rose (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). White opal (700 gp). Zircon (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a simple yellow robe with tan stripes complete with hood. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. 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 daughter.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.