Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. Eran was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Bookbinder. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat, and carries longbows. His tied-back hair is blonde. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has achieved small success as a Shipwright.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a performer again

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a fancy blue dress. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Xanaphia abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with grey slacks. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is auburn and curly. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. She wears her red hair up. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 40. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shava studied abroad. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his green crest in a flapper bob. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She very much looks the part of a Body Guard. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She struck the Body Guard job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has no hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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 was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 260 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Breastplate.