Description: An older woman who wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a bastard sword on her belt, she is not a threatening figure. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Herbalist. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. He struck the Tanner job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born into a rich family. He 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears skinny pants and wears a white and green robe with the hood down. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Roge isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Azurite (11 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears professional attire. She is physically well-built. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

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. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. 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. Numba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hammers and kukris. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Fortune-teller. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. Dalgal was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Dalgal decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She stands about 5'4" and wears tattered old clothes. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her long black fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Spring will drive conversation. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sculptor. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sculptor for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Weaver again; and expand her business

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. With bright chestnut hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 sp.

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 is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, blue shirt, and black tie. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Courier mother left her crippled. After a long history of fighting, Criella and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease, Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Tourmaline (150 gp).