Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His red hair is matted, messy, and big. He is baby faced.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He uses divination through singing.

History: Merihim was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears bulky pastel painted plate armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'8" when asserting herself. Her brown fur is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and many illithids want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: An older woman who is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, she is not a threatening figure. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. White pearl (120 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Jade (120 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This eastern man wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a bow, but if one is not available he will default to his ceremonial dagger. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born to a Bowyer, his father struggled to pay the bills. Vlorn was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Miner. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 180 pp. Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black crest is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Stableman business.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Shamash has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Depressed. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and he perpetually has his glaive ready. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He hates Dwarves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 4'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull red iron scale mail. His hair is long and golden with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He got into the Brewer business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Brewer and found it very stressful. After a long history of fighting, Barendd and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.