Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a white scarf. His white hair is cut short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Jade (130 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He usually wears his violet robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his blonde hair up. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Cockaby took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up whip and armor he uses now. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. His chestnut hair is still thick. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. 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 Jeweler. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Ranala hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This southern woman prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She struck the Actor job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a locksmith again

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1200 sp.