Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Ishte is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born in the west. Ishte was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Carpenter. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She struck the Fortune-teller job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She has wavy chestnut hair. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears skinny pants and wears a grey and black robe with the hood down. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Fallond 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears professional attire. His hair is white and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His childhood dream was to be a Engraver, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Laborer.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down, and he perpetually has his hammer ready. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Morkral was born with his father's beautiful face. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. 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. Morkral fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 sp. Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His tied-back hair is blonde. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 270 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Azurite (8 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His red hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.