Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Bertram 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. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sickle, but if one is not available she will default to her flail. Her scarlet crest is braided into rings. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a Animal Trainer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She worked as a nervous Animal Trainer and found it very stressful. She tends to her Animal Trainer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Rose (20 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her white crest is knotted and matted. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Erevan took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up lance and armor he uses now. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Shy, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Revenge; and to settle down with her crush

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak, and is pretty ugly. She wears her silver hair down. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Jade (160 gp).