Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has slicked back golden hair. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Pennie was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of giants

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 170 gp. Coral (50 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing a long, grey cloak. With wild auburn hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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 inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Debt, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. Her fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady copper eyes.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Ridaro was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ridaro decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Racist, Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 sp. Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Markosian was born the youngest of three triplets. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 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 has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'10" when asserting himself. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Patrick grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Patrick abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she tends to wear a large white jacket. Her hair is white and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Layabout business.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 became a Layabout soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and 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

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Barkeep born in the past three hundred years. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Good lock.