Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tattered old clothes. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Kyle enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: She is a mite stocky and tends to wear a large black jacket. Her purple hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Kasdeya was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man sports pastel clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His fur is cinnamon and curly. He has amber eyes and a pastel hat with a black feather.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Cook, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (60 gp). Rose (50 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Efferil lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Bonds: In love, Family, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She wears a red vest and prefers green and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 900 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing a long, white cloak. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Chay embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Chay was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Chay decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Baker business.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Beatrice liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Orsik was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Soapmaker. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 70 pp. Black pearl (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Jet (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. She has violet eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Flaws: Terse, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.