Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a hunchback. His brown hair is cut short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 pp. Star ruby (1600 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Brown diamond (7000 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Hematite (15 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a rapier on her belt and is in decent physical shape. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Barrister arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel, and carries falchions. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nikki embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Nikki was born the youngest of three triplets. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries with her a set of morningstars on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her black hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of a Shoemaker, who enjoyed hunting, Wella was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a morningstar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Emerald (1000 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Biri was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His beige fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born to a Herbalist, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 280 pp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a fancy red suit. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fisher they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Dilettante, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and doesn't want to be a dilettante and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is portly but not overly obese. He has wavy brown hair. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Zâthra isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bricklayer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Unemployed, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Fire opal (1200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Onyx (30 gp).