Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. Eye agate (12 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Engong hails from a village terrorized by drow. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Engong alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Engong was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and many drow want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is long and golden with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears an entirely black suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has slicked back white hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by lycanthropy.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

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. He worked as a nervous Marshal and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Standing 3'3", this man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 20 pp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a hunchback. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. 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 does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Lia's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born into a rich family. Lia liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Coral (130 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears long strands of opal and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Goroth is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.