Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longbows and ceremonial daggers. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. 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. Being a Adventurer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. She carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished scimitar as well. Her hair is white and curly. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black star sapphire (800 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. With bright brown hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When Chaedi reached her early adolescence her Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has amber eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balimaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Military, Debt. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Baelitae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: The child of a Weaver, who enjoyed hunting, Halimath was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp).

Description: Standing 5'8", this man wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Mûg lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver pearl (150 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp).

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a glaive on her belt, and she perpetually has her glaive ready. Her red crest is thinning but still full. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Being a Ploughman kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

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

Possessions: Just what you see.