Description: This malnourished woman sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is silver and curly. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1200 pp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shortspear, but if one is not available she will default to her pickaxe, and is pretty ugly. She wears her white hair up. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 7000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He tends to wear a large black jacket, marred by teas. His white hair is thinning but still full. He has green eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ugol studied abroad. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear flannel, and is pretty ugly. His crest is blue and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Passionate, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Brown diamond (3000 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Meriele lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Addict. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Coral (120 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a large blue jacket. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 12000 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shortspear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears her white hair down. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Zanna was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents were killed by goblins in a raid when she was still a young child. The goblins captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Jet (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.