Description: This western woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sellsword who has hired her part-time. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: 5'11" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Heward lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. She wears her brown hair down. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Bookbinder. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ahlyssa is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the south to a Bookbinder, Ahlyssa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 sp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She sports a flattop hair cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Prosperine was born with her mother's beautiful face. 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 now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and blue pants. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. She has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Military, Guardian. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ubada does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2000 cp. Coral (130 gp).

Description: He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His head has been shaved. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is white and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Ownka's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Ownka hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2700 sp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.