Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. Her hair is black and very short. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Jeweler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He usually wears his grey robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants. She has brown hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Anne grew up listening to her father's many stories. Anne 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shield, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Borun was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.