Description: An older man who usually wears his white robe and has his dagger always slung over his shoulder, he is not a threatening figure. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Damien was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She takes great joy in being the best Tanner in town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She has worked as a Tanner like her father before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Miller. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She tends to her Miller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 gp. Hematite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Disciplined, Athletic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she usually wears her brown robe and has her bow always slung over her shoulder. She has a very tight haircut. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Therlin lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. She's also a talented Sculptor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic. Bonds: Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Antitoxin.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and yellow handkerchief worn on his right side. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7000 gp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Amber (90 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is typically in his Herbalist uniform. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Drogo wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Wizard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 11000 sp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.