Description: This woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is long and white with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small black clips. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

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 Half-Orcs in the south were limited. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nicholas grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her crest is white and very short. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Nuthra alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20 gp. Coral (120 gp).

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He has golden hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Reynard was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp).

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tattered old clothes. He has black hair. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Howard isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His first spouse was a Jeweler, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 270 pp. Obsidian (13 gp). Rose (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 2'10" and wears a white vest and prefers tan and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Being a Bellfounder 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: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a black broad hat and black clothes. Her dark red hair is still thick. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Seere never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, In love. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears long strands of sapphire and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Shoemaker business.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oriel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Peridot (70 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Gifted from a young age, Miles studied abroad. Through the years after Miles was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Miles's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.