Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She carries with her a set of nunchakus, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Philomena isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Miner born in the past three hundred years. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miner. After a long history of fighting, Vonbin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Job, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Avice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Avice 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. Avice decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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 has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side. She carries a battered sai and tarnished longsword as well. She has no hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

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. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a scribe and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Anne was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp. Coral (140 gp).

Description: She wears a simple brown robe with blue stripes complete with hood. She carries a battered longbow and tarnished pickaxe as well. She keeps her long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Five will drive conversation. The war was a terrible time for her, and Five does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Five fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This man has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He works hard and plays hard.

History: He is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His green crest has been sun bleached extensively. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a Bellfounder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Violet garnet (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bilga studied abroad. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bilga 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 Bilga. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.