Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy red pantaloons and a green scarf. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is thinning but still full. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Curran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents enrolled him in a Monk school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Sard (60 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat, and is pretty ugly. Her tied-back hair is black. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Sailor. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sailor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Through the years after Hoglik was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Hoglik's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Stableman; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Actor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Ur-Lisak is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

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

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has no hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

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. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Artin has worked very hard to control her curse. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Secretive, Insomniac. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her long black crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.