Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He takes great joy in being the best Sculptor in town.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has achieved small success as a Sculptor.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Slave, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Halimath hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A 6'3" southern woman, she wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her beige fur is unkempt and raggedy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she tends to wear a large violet jacket. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. She is baby faced.

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 does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His fur is cut close to his head. His yellow eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Spy

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He sports a flattop crest cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Norkruuth wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 130 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Stableman business.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Berrian lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 140 gp.