Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and she perpetually has her bastard sword ready. She has wavy auburn hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

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 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 is a Maurezhi in disguise. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Egelina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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: He is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is an epitome of beauty. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kipper studied abroad. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Onyx (40 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. He has golden hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Bernard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He struck the Apothecary job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has golden hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nelkin embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Disease, Shy, Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a white armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She takes great joy in being the best Mason in town.

History: She got into the Mason business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ranala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.