Description: This southern woman wears a green collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has dyed her greying bronze crest a little too much giving a sharp bronze color. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her broad green hat.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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: Hethress 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. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has shaved her head bald. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Ilga was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mason for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears dull black sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. He has no crest. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 160 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Cook they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Painter, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: Standing 6'4", this man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His copper crest is smooth and relatively long. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gorbundus does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is content.

Flaws: Shy, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man very much looks the part of a Bricklayer and is in decent physical shape. His head has been shaved. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student he started as a Bather, but he got bored and became a Bricklayer. He has achieved small success as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Buckler.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a fancy white dress. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

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

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He wears professional attire. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and money/treasure

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears skinny pants and wears a white and brown robe with the hood down, and is pretty ugly. His tied-back hair is blonde. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He takes great joy in being the best Carter in town.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carter. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Carter for hire.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.