Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and he perpetually has his shortbow ready. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

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 plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is wearing a long, tan cloak. He is physically well-built. His hair is short and black. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 30 pp. Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shortspear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has black hair. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Callybon hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Callybon grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Callybon. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His crest is black and very short. He has red eyes and a green hat with a red feather.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Map Maker. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born into a rich family. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: He wears a red shirt with thin black vertical stripes and blue pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has chestnut hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Radomir isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Slave, In love. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has amber eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an entirely brown suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is short and brown. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2300 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His crest is gold and very short. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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 comes from a rich western family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

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

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Nordak hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.