Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has wavy white hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her mother before her.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a ceremonial dagger on her belt. Her hair is short and black. She has a dull look in her white eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Vepar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 11000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With wild golden hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. He has a hunchback. His hair is chestnut and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Roland is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Roland lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Revenge; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: She is lean but muscular and has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. She has moderate length auburn hair. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, marred by chocolates. She wears her silver hair down. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Yurgunn lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She tends to her Miller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and a deep hatred of giants

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

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

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and balancing her hectic life and new seamstress responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3100 sp. Peridot (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). 1 Antitoxin.

Description: She stands about 5'7" and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is short and black. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the east to a Priest, Gaaki learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Priest. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.