Description: 6'8" and muscular, this western man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

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

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her fur is cinnamon, silky, and of moderate length. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She bought a quarterstaff and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He usually wears his green robe and has his shield always slung over his shoulder. He is portly but not overly obese. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Abad fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Buvvie grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 34000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 9. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ozyman embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. After a long history of fighting, Ozyman and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Full Plate. 1 Full Plate.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is portly but not overly obese. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are amber.

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 is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Heian took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up halberd and armor he uses now. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 6000 sp. Eye agate (11 gp). Jade (50 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a flattop crest cut. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Addict, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1800 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.