Description: This slender woman stands about 4'1". She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Artin grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Artin. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears his chestnut hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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 born at the edge of vast plains. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He bought a warhammer and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Rose (30 gp). Jet (130 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a fancy black dress. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 28000 sp. 3 Holy water.

Description: He wears an entirely blue suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Alvyn studied abroad. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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: Born in the west to a Masseuse, Gimble learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Gimble 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. Gimble 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's also a talented Slave Trader, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A 6'8" northern woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has moderate length green crest. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: Biri is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Biri lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Biri alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Biri was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

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

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Euphemia embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Armorer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Armorer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a very tight haircut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His first spouse was a Detective, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. His dark red hair is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student he started as a Laborer, but he got bored and became a Miner. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to be a laborer again

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Amber (120 gp). Malachite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.