Description: She wears black trousers with grey and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson black hat.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born in a small island village. Yevelda 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. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she has a crush on the local stylist

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1 Superior lock. 1 Hourglass.

Description: He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears his beige fur down. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

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 cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Scribe. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 sp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Apothecary does, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'0" when asserting herself. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, goblins burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying south to reunite her family. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing a long, yellow cloak. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Apothecary business.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 cp. Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Blacksmith; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Rich, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'0" and wears a white shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Barfa studied abroad. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: This woman wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a crossbow, but if one is not available she will default to her sword. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her brown hair down. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.