Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born to a Shipwright, her father struggled to pay the bills. Volen 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shava fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He has black hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Military, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear flannel. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a Painter, his father struggled to pay the bills. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

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 obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 20 pp. 4 Acid flasks.