Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'9" and wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Painter who has hired him part-time. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Malmûg was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants a kiss

Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Painter

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

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. His cinnamon fur is thinning but still full. His half smiles and yellow eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Silent was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave 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 forest due to the painful memories there. Silent took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up trident and armor he uses now. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. She has a very tight haircut. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She takes great joy in being the best Beggar in town.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and usually wears his white robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. A true patriot, Gnarsh would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 160 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, brown shirt, and green tie. He has a hunchback. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He struck the Beggar job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 28000 cp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Painter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A freak accident while working with his Painter mother left him crippled. He has never given up on his painting dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His crest is red and very short. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. His hair is silver and very short. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Theodoric speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Theodoric lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 west. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Guardian. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 cp.