Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in an above average manner. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1500 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Vrondiss and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bookbinder and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born in the west. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'3" and is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, blue shirt, and green tie. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and tan robe with the hood down. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Hugh speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hugh 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 Hugh. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Hematite (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a longbow on her belt. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. 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. She bought a longbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has shaved her head bald. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Superior lock. 1 Hourglass.