Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a Bookbinder first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Portia was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Portia alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. He has a hunchback. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: Athletic, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'7". He wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. His crest is silver and curly. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. A true patriot, Hirrathak would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Hirrathak 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. Hirrathak 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 used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and she has a crush on the local mercenary

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 120 gp. Jade (150 gp).