Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a blue collared shirt and red skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She sports silver long hair. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. 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 several months after her mother was called into army service. Her first spouse was a Courier, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are copper and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He's also a talented Architect, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. Sporting a auburn mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Duergath is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a colorful flower in her beige fur. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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, Trail is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a long, black cloak. His crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Neega liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

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 black and curly. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Griselda lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Jade (140 gp). 2 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His childhood dream was to be a Marshal, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Ruler job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.