Description: 5'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: Alice hails from a village terrorized by drow. 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 has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Carpenter business.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hogar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Emeny is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a great chef.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries with him a set of halberds on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp).

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Interpreter does, and he perpetually has his quarterstaff ready. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in the north to a Interpreter, Mordai learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Interpreter. He struck the Interpreter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 gp. Amber (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Rose (60 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'11" southern woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe, marred by teas. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 sp.