Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He has brown hair. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to be a layabout again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and green robe with the hood down. She is physically well-built. She has shaved her head bald. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Fallthra 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 has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 18000 cp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Naal lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. 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: Seeks redemption; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

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. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Ombul has worked very hard to control his curse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 cp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Theodoric alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 320 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.