Description: This man is very fat, and wears blue trousers with brown and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears baggy red pantaloons and a green scarf. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist, Mundane. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Amber (70 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. She has wavy black hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Gifted from a young age, Isabella studied abroad. While she appears to be a normal Human, 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Isabella was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (9000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a hunchback. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She's also a talented Glassblower, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 9000 gp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears her white hair up. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Roywyn embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red spinel (100 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). White pearl (100 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has hazel eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: The child of a Map Maker, who enjoyed hunting, Barfa was taken on many hunting expeditions. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 8000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.