Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a black top hat and black clothes. Her hair is silver and curly. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ratlûg will drive conversation. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bookbinder and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gray eyes and a red hat with a green feather.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Dell hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. After coming to the age of reason, Dell took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Dell was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished sai as well. His white hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He bought a sai and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and grey handkerchief worn on her left side. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. After a long history of fighting, Xanaphia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears a colorful flower in his lavender fur. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Tanner who has hired him part-time. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Animal Trainer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Has a crush, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1500 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a fancy tan dress. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vadania studied abroad. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Justice, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his violet robe. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

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. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His crest is short and red. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dragonborn in existence. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When Pandjed reached his early adolescence his Dragonborn father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). 1 Silk rope.