Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She carries with her a set of shortbows on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He wears a fancy white suit. He carries with him a set of shields on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His tied-back hair is white. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Hupe alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has worked as a Mercenary like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 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 dark red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She usually wears her white robe and has her ceremonial dagger always slung over her shoulder. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is an amazing painter.

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

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and 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

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a grey shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He 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. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Flaws: Addict, Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is dressed in an above average manner. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 2'9" and prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Olivia hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.