Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a white cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. With bright golden hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: Tomph was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 sp. Emerald (1100 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her morningstar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Ella was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ella decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'3". He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sword. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Percival fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Forgetful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 sp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: She wears a red small hat and red clothes. She is physically well-built. With wild white hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3000 cp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). White pearl (70 gp).

Description: This eastern woman prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Falkrunn grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears professional attire. Her copper crest is heavily combed to the left. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She wears her black hair up. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Orla took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Ishmoz never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1800 gp. Obsidian (5 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Don abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Banded mail.