Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a fancy black dress. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting gnolls, the young Purah began to lead the lost caravan. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 150 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is afraid of men and trembles around them

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Doctor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. 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: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. 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 no hair. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses like a well dressed Architect does. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Architect. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His childhood dream was to be a Mayor, but he was a colossal failure. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 280 gp. Silver pearl (70 gp).

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has golden hair. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gunnloda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Nyx wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Nyx enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Nyx was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Sellsword. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. Her green crest is braided into rings. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She takes great joy in being the best Herbalist in town.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her childhood dream was to be a Bather, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Herbalist.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3 Holy water.

Description: This woman wears long strands of ruby and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length brown fur. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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 to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1100 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Layabout. He carries with him a set of falchions, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Fulbar embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He's also a talented Shipwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.