Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3200 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Sard (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp).

Description: This northern man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His ears are large.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Animal Trainer who has hired her part-time. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born in the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Animal Trainer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she's looking for her big break

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with black slacks. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born in the north to a Fortune-teller, Reddlepop learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She tends to her Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tattered old clothes. She has moderate length white fur. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She is a Yochlol in disguise. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, 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. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Chalcedony (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blue hair is knotted and matted. His white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

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

Description: He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has shaved his head bald. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. In his 12th 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 is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears long strands of amethyst and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She hates Dwarves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 170 gp.