Description: He stands about 4'5" and wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is short and black. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Margery was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Weaver for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Weaver responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 cp. Peridot (80 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Bertram was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and elven compassion

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1700 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Jade (140 gp). Sard (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'6" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a violet scarf. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and she perpetually has her whip ready. She has no hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

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 spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His skin is flawless and his silver eyes scan people very quickly.

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 is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Fighting, Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Hlin 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. Hlin is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.