Description: This late middle aged woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle and is in decent physical shape. She keeps her long gold crest kept up in a rat tail. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has a crush on the local barrister

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His gold crest is long and unkept. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Portia was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, 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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Philantrophist, Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. He has achieved small success as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her feathered white hat.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his silver hair up. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Efferil reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp. 2 Acid flasks. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His brown fur is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Tricking is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tricking studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.