Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, marred by sweets. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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: To protect his home.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the east. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Lilli lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Lilli abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mayor and was forced into it by her family; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 80 pp. Gold music box (2000 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a large green jacket. His black crest is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 900 pp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Rose (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Coral (150 gp). Rose (60 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat, and carries pickaxes. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Five was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Shava was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a green coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Habor hails from a village terrorized by orcs. 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Cynical, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'5" and wears baggy blue pantaloons and a white scarf. Her hair is blonde and very short. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Gifted from a young age, Meriele studied abroad. She worked as a nervous Hunter and found it very stressful. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Barrister again; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp.