Description: She is in excellent shape and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull red iron scale mail. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small brown clips. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ella isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Assassin arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student she started as a Apothecary, but she got bored and became a Assassin. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks, and he perpetually has his warhammer ready. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his father 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a white coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Tyna and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 900 sp. Hematite (14 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 4 Thunderstones. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 90 gp. Red garnet (140 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.