Description: This tall, slender woman wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. Her fur is red and curly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. 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: Gifted from a young age, Skirt studied abroad. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 10000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She has moderate length silver hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. To her fellows she 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: Helja was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Helja 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. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Revenge; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 10000 gp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Peridot (60 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the north to a Shipwright, Naeris learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Jade (90 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Sard (20 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her red crest is braided into rings. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Hillanot was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Soapmaker. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Rose (50 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Coral (40 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 8000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Her crest, while still mostly gold, has prominent grey streaks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1200 pp. Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 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: She wears a tan tunic with grey highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 pp. Rose (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.