Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a simple blue robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Orla was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Cook. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with violet slacks. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Tanner. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is an amazing painter.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Tanner. She has taken up work as a Tanner and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She stands about 6'2" and wears a brown vest and prefers green and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Five was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Animal Trainer. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'2". He wears an entirely red suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and his gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. He has shaved his head bald. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Human compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Randal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Randal abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Bonds: Guardian, Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

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

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a Sellsword, his father struggled to pay the bills. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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's in love.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 900 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His brown hair is still thick. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Gifted from a young age, Oblar studied abroad. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.