Description: He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather, and carries ceremonial daggers. His hair is brown and curly. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 50000 cp. Malachite (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Jade (150 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp).

Description: This western woman wears a yellow collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her blonde hair up. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Doctor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a Jeweler, her mother struggled to pay the bills. 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. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'2" when asserting herself. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student she started as a Stylist, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: This man is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears dull blue sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Xanaphia hails from a village terrorized by giants. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.