Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has red hair. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Bertram was born with his father's beautiful face. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Bertram has worked very hard to control his curse. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Bertram was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2300 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears dull brown sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed halberd, just in case. She wears her auburn hair down. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ermina does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ermina was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears a black shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and green pants. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. After a long history of fighting, Carrie and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her red crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His rusty crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. A freak accident while working with his Cartwright father left him crippled. He bought a shortbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Cartwright; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Iolite (30 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'6". She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and her gloved hand is found clutching a sai. Her hair is short and white. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Irann is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and he perpetually has his shortbow ready. His white hair is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Arnold's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 sp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp).

Description: She wears a grey shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She has brown eyes and a grey hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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. 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. Finellen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1800 sp.