Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black fur. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a hunchback. His black fur has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Religious, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 500 gp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Coral (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has blonde hair. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1200 sp. Hematite (16 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her red crest is matted, messy, and big. She has red eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Pogranix is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 30000 sp. Black pearl (900 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a red shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has wavy chestnut hair. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Layabout business.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Joker, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing a long, white cloak. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Roge was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He tends to his Animal Trainer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's in love

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Job, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.