Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her quarterstaff with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She got into the Priest business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Priest work with an outfit from a few towns over. Priest work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Priest responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has no hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Bilga is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Bilga was born the youngest of three triplets. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fortune-teller and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Rimple was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. After months of barely getting by, Rimple managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Warlock who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears dull white sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed mace, just in case. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

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

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 pp. Banded agate (7 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 260 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp).