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 a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, green shirt, and brown tie. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Lorilla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'5" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He tends to his Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 gp. Black opal (700 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Azurite (13 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears bulky red painted plate armor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Lavinia wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Barbarian, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... 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 born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Ploughman kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Mindartis's homeland. Mindartis decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 36000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Riardon will drive conversation. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp.