Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears just a grey suit. Her hair is short and white. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. 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 a small mountains village. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Norûk hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Bookbinder does. He carries a battered axe and tarnished dagger as well. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Joser isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born in the west to a Bookbinder, Joser learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Bookbinder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Nagrette was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1200 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished longbow as well. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Erky's homeland. Erky decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears dark leathers with embroidery, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length orange fur. His eyes are likewise yellow. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Flask was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Flask decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Coral (130 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp).