Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her trident with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

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 has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 29000 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, brown shirt, and blue tie. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Gilthur was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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. Being a Painter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'8" when asserting herself. She has bronze crest. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 90 pp. Violet garnet (500 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has moderate length auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bundrigo isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Bundrigo was born the youngest of three triplets. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her first spouse was a Painter, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Frug wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Frug was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He became a Locksmith soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Logical. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 43000 sp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He carries with him a set of daggers on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He sports a flattop fur cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Rose (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Azurite (16 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.