Description: A 2'11" western woman, she wears baggy red pantaloons and a white scarf. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Portia isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Bookbinder, her father struggled to pay the bills. She worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'8". She wears a yellow costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born in the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She dresses like a well dressed Painter does. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has shaved her head bald. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the north to a Painter, Heather learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Disease, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is short and auburn. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Vicky was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Carter. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 140 gp. Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: An older man who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 sp. Onyx (50 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears skinny pants and wears a brown and black robe with the hood down. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

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 is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Gillyd was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 350 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This late middle aged man wears dull tan sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case and is in decent physical shape. He has wavy chestnut hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Burgell took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Burgell was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: He's in love; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Ruler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ruler work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has achieved small success as a Ruler.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears tattered old clothes. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She has violet 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 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: Baggi was born the youngest of three triplets. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bookbinder and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Breastplate.