Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has shaved her head bald. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Bricklayer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 25000 sp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears just a black suit. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 40 pp. Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Vonbin was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 cp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is lengthy. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is short and auburn. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He got into the Barrister business at a young age. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, John has worked very hard to control his curse. 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: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Greedy, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This woman wears a simple violet robe with green stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on her belt. With wild black hair. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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: The child of a Masseuse, who enjoyed hunting, Quillathe was taken on many hunting expeditions. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings and is in decent physical shape. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Slave Trader. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Amber (140 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 4'0" and muscular, this western woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Valida was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Adventurer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.