Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a green Stetson hat and green clothes. She has wavy blue hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has done his best to style his blue crest to look like a famous performer. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His first spouse was a Junk Dealer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Revenge; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Citrine (70 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her beige fur is thinning but still full. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents enrolled her in a Fighter school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 280 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she usually wears her white robe and has her whip always slung over her shoulder. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nikki embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Nikki never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 140 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a pastel shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and grey pants. Her lavender fur is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Art grew up listening to her father's many stories. 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longbows and halberds. She has moderate length silver hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Apothecary. His long copper crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Bharash lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a sickle on his belt. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Gifted from a young age, Balam studied abroad. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.