Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She has a very tight haircut. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Marigold was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Sard (70 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Jade (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Vonbin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: Standing 4'5", this man wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is harsh and unforgiving.

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. 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. Being a Roofer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Roofer and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 23000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. His hair is red and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Veit took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts, and carries crossbows. She has moderate length white hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Anakis liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a crossbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears just a white suit. He has wavy black hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bertram was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sickle, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 pp. Hematite (10 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Coral (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Rose (50 gp). White opal (700 gp).

Description: He wears just a grey suit. He has moderate length red hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Nalral was born the youngest of three triplets. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Nalral alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Emerald (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Sard (40 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears silk and lounges about seductively and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a Sculptor, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Doctor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp).