Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is red and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born into a rich family. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Sard (30 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is dressed in an above average manner. He has shaved his head bald. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her red fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Lone was born the youngest of three triplets. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Vadania was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vadania grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vadania. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 sp. Moss agate (13 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has slicked back black hair. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Blossom embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Blossom abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 10 pp. Smoky quartz (70 gp).