Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has shaved his head bald. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Barendd hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of a Mayor, who enjoyed hunting, Barendd was taken on many hunting expeditions. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature halberd.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 330 pp. Rose (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Sard (80 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Commoner who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her falchion with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants to get laid.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a fancy brown suit. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Fortune-teller business.

History: Rurik was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Engraver. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he's in love

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 30 pp. Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in the west. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy auburn hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 110 gp.