Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. A freak accident while working with her Healer father left her crippled. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1100 pp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Amber (100 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His head has been shaved. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Odo alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a slave trader again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears long strands of ruby and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue sapphire (800 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Sard (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Pink diamond (8000 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: He wears just a black suit, and carries whips. His white crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Animal Trainer born in the past three hundred years. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Valorean liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He struck the Animal Trainer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a fancy pastel dress. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length cinnamon fur. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10000 gp. Gold cup set with emeralds (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, marred by beers. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 13000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Zaffrab isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. The war was a terrible time for him, and Zaffrab does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Sard (60 gp). Amber (110 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.