Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Ootah was born the youngest of three triplets. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and elven compassion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 sp.

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 wears tattered old clothes. Her blue crest, when down, is lengthy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has done her best to style her blue crest to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her broad green hat.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Farideh fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears baggy white pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His auburn hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Sark was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white fur, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 sp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a simple grey robe with green stripes complete with hood. He has a very tight haircut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gardain is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears her orange fur down. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Seamstress father left her crippled. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.