Description: He is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Oren embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Oren hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 sp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Henry grew up listening to his father's many stories. Henry 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 gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2500 sp. Silver pearl (150 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Portia was born the youngest of three triplets. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears professional attire. Her tied-back hair is red. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Sariel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 80000 cp. Citrine (20 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Iolite (20 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman tends to wear a large tan jacket and is in decent physical shape. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of a Shepherd, who enjoyed hunting, Ellywick was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her first spouse was a Shepherd, 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 sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Jade (120 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'2". She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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 left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Religious, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 500 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes and is in decent physical shape. His head has been shaved. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Kothûg was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: He wears a violet shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ralf does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Aldous 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 family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 180 pp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Amber (160 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.