Description: This southern man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He wears a green small hat and green clothes. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are red.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Pijjirik took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a hunter again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a green shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her long rusty crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Biri is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, white shirt, and brown tie. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

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

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Varg alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Varg was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60 gp. 4 Holy water.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has blonde hair. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. A true patriot, Tiaathque would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Elizabeth liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She sports silver long hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Military, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears dull blue sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sai, just in case. His head has been shaved. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Gifted from a young age, Crampernap studied abroad. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.