Description: She has a missing left leg. She has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a Healer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Deep green spinel (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This northern woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Mumpena's homeland. Mumpena decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She's also a talented Shoemaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Merla hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and doesn't want to be a butcher and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 340 gp. Malachite (16 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a fancy white dress. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: Vani lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student she started as a Shipwright, but she got bored and became a Bowyer. 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. Vani fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this eastern man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has moderate length brown hair. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Gunter speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Iolite (80 gp). 3 Antitoxin.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shoemaker. His silver hair is long and unkept. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This northern woman wears a green collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has done her best to style her blue hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Nija was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.