Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his bronze crest up. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. A true patriot, Valorean would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When Valorean reached his early adolescence his Dragonborn mother 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Military, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Actor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Purson was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Actor. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Actor for the past few years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new actor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and carries shields. His hair is brown and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Thorin was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Masseuse. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Masseuse who has hired her part-time. Olivia is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Olivia studied abroad. Her childhood dream was to be a Interpreter, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Interpreter again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Family, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. She has wavy chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Pearl is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears blue trousers with black and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is long and brown with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bookbinder they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Stylist, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family, In love. Occupation: Stylist

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

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

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

Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'2" northern woman, she wears baggy red pantaloons and a violet scarf. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Merla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Adventurer for hire.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'3" northern man, he wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His gold crest is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Vrondiss was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Barkeep. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 900 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.