Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are white.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: Standing 6'4", this man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He has red crest. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Pijjirik 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. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Pijjirik never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, In love, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Body Guard. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Brakka was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She's also a talented Healer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 cp. Malachite (9 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman dresses like a well dressed Locksmith does, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. 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: Quillathe was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While she appears to be a normal Elf, 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. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Job, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This woman is dressed in an above average manner. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has done her best to style her blue crest to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Farideh was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Banker, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 cp. Onyx (50 gp).

Description: This woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Andry isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. Andry enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Pâsh hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Umpen's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear black tank tops with brown pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His purple hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Through the years after Mormo was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Mormo's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Disguise kit.