Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. 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 head has been shaved. His eyes are brown and beady.

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. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and is pretty ugly. His hair is chestnut and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Melech alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Melech and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Barrister, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her childhood dream was to be a Barrister, but she was a colossal failure. She struck the Knight job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a barrister again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Performer. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

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. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, 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. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Brewer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 18000 sp. Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Varg is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He worked as a nervous Adventurer and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 4'2" and muscular, this northern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has wavy brown hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 east. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Guard they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Soapmaker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and blue handkerchief worn on her left side, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'10" when asserting herself. Her white hair is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born in the north to a Apothecary, Balifra learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To be a Brewer again; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.