Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with pastel slacks. She has done her best to style her blue hair to look like a famous performer. She is baby faced.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Criella is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Criella hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: Althaea 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. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Althaea was born the youngest of three triplets. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: She stands about 4'7" and is wearing a long, green cloak. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has black hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Cook but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Cook arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

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

Possessions: 20 gp. Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a green collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blue hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are white and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and wears a white shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and white pants. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born into a rich family. His first spouse was a Barkeep, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 sp. Carnelian (50 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Frug fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Namfoodle has worked very hard to control his curse. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Painter they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Beggar, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. Her white hair is still thick. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Eida embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is an amazing painter.

History: Eida was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Warlock, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Warlock in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She 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. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries a battered sai and tarnished dagger as well. His white fur is heavily combed to the left. His yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has worked as a Miller like his mother before him.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 70 gp.