Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He is portly but not overly obese. He has done his best to style his gray fur to look like a famous performer. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Ethereal 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. 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 rags and sports a simple walking cane. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She takes great joy in being the best Fisher in town.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Willow was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Willow's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to protect her home

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He is portly but not overly obese. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He found a children's book about a Halfling Warlock who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. 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 wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has shaved his head bald. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Erias was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has moderate length golden hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Assassin for the past few years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Assassin and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman wears white trousers with red and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Nora was born with her father's beautiful face. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has achieved small success as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her head has been shaved. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a Junk Dealer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Junk Dealer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Gardener, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She got into the Painter business at a young age. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.