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. Her hair is red and very short. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Jacoba lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 cp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and red handkerchief worn on her right side. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull black iron scale mail. She wears her auburn hair up. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her feathered violet hat.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Courier hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His white crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are gold.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 gp. Red spinel (160 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in an above average manner. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Emma never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, In love. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a red and yellow robe with the hood down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'1" when asserting himself. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ombul embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Ombul lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He is wearing a long, yellow cloak. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 sp. 3 Holy water.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'7". She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 110 gp. Pink pearl (90 gp).

Description: An older man who is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, he is not a threatening figure. He has a very tight haircut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has worked as a Herbalist like his father before him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 cp. White pearl (50 gp).