Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a blue and red robe with the hood down. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small blue clips. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large brown jacket, and carries longswords. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Thoradin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He takes great joy in being the best Dilettante in town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He worked as a nervous Dilettante and found it very stressful. He struck the Dilettante job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Military, Nature, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hammers and whips. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Varis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She likes to wear brown tank tops with grey skirt, marred by beers. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Jade (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Rose (20 gp). Jade (70 gp). Sard (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, she is not a threatening figure. Her copper crest is thinning but still full. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Synthrin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).