Description: She dresses like a well dressed Animal Trainer does. With bright black hair. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 sp. Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He prefers to wear flannel. He is an epitome of beauty. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp. Jet (40 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Oppleby's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sculptor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is renowned for her bright green dresses and hats. She keeps her long black crest kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 50. 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. A true patriot, Mishann would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman usually wears her brown robe and has her quarterstaff always slung over her shoulder. Her orange fur is smooth and relatively long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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 to a pair of adventurers, Edge grew up listening to her mother's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. Her white hair is long and unkept. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Jasmine enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is content; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane, Racist. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gomory grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gomory. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her crest is gold and very short. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 sp. Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. He has auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gildmak isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. Gildmak is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Gildmak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Simple lock.