Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Jet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is cut short. His eyes are hazel.

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. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a red costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His tied-back hair is auburn. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Pikar will drive conversation. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the east to a Mortician, Pikar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has achieved small success as a Mortician.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a grey and green robe with the hood down. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. Her ears are large.

Personality: Maynild is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

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. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Maynild took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up greataxe and armor she uses now. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greataxe.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in earthy colors with a green and white handkerchief worn on his right side and is in decent physical shape. His blue hair is matted, messy, and big. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Ekemon was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Expert, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Expert in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ekemon grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ekemon. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 9000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her small grey hat.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. 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 was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Isabella was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a tan vest and prefers black and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has moderate length golden hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He 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. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She carries a battered scimitar and tarnished nunchaku as well. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. After a long history of fighting, Anne and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2300 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Jet (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.