Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with grey slacks. Her black hair is long and unkept. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines silver.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Vapula's homeland. Vapula decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this southern woman wears just a green suit. She has white hair. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is obsessed with her god.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull white iron scale mail. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to be a bellfounder again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 180 gp. Coral (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'0". He wears long strands of opal and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He sports a flattop fur cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 60000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears professional attire. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a white scarf. His gray fur is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Silent took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up bow and armor he uses now. He bought a bow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 370 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a simple green robe with violet stripes complete with hood. Her brass crest is greasy and uncared for. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dragonborn conditions. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Burana fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Secretive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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 is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

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. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Simple lock.