Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When Marigold reached her early adolescence her Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He very much looks the part of a Fisher. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He worked as a nervous Fisher and found it very stressful. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 700 sp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears a brown coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Mayor born in the past three hundred years. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She became a Mayor soon after.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a red feather.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Engraver but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. After a long history of fighting, Thorpe and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. To his fellows he 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears professional attire. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Crown-heir who has hired her part-time. 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and revenge

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. Jet (60 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and carries hand crossbows. Her black fur is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and doesn't want to be a barrister and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 70 gp. Jade (140 gp).