Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is portly but not overly obese. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Hlin hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Hlin was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and to pay off her debts

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a large green jacket. His bronze crest is long and unkept. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the south. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sellsword work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sellsword work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. Citrine (50 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Hematite (6 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a green tunic with red highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a red feather.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the south were limited. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To be a Laborer again; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has slicked back black hair. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Shaena embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the west to a Map Maker, Shaena learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She struck the Map Maker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 21000 sp. Hematite (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Coral (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and very much looks the part of a Scribe. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has no hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Shamil was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Sage, but she was a colossal failure. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shamil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a brown coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Adrik embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. After coming to the age of reason, Adrik took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 180 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp).