Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears dull violet sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Geva was born with her mother's beautiful face. She married young, but lost her spouse to orcs. Being a Spice Merchant kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her childhood dream was to be a Mason, but she was a colossal failure. She struck the Bowyer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this southern man wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in the south to a Cook, Erevan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Cook work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cook work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. She has styled her gold crest well, parting it to the left. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a great chef.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 210 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She carries a battered crossbow and tarnished lance as well. Her red hair is still thick. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born in the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a brown vest and prefers black and pastel shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She carries with her a set of whips on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She wears her gray fur up. Her ears are large.

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 uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Jade hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Her parents were killed by brigands in a raid when she was still a young child. The brigands captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Peridot (20 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears an entirely black suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small black clips. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Dyer. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 310 gp. Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Ugly, Racist. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.