Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a white shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and black pants. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her tied-back hair is golden. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp).

Description: He wears a brown coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and shortbows. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. The war was a terrible time for him, and Kildrak does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Kildrak was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shoemaker business.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Shoemaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This man wears a simple violet robe with blue stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a Map Maker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has achieved small success as a Map Maker.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with blue slacks. His hair is white and curly. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 48000 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Halimath was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her black eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black 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 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 cp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is portly but not overly obese. She has no hair. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top grey 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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Hourglass.