Description: This dark-skinned female is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Philomena is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She found a children's book about a Halfling Aristocrat who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. During her travels, Philomena and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Philomena discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Philomena fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp. White pearl (90 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a brown shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and tan pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Painter uniform. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her rusty crest is heavily combed to the right. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. 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, Tatyan is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Tatyan was born with her father's beautiful face. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1500 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small black clips. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Nagrette speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Nagrette and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. He carries with him a set of kukris on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

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. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Zook fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Lazy. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an entirely violet suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Shava was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has worked as a Assassin like her mother before her.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 sp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His black hair is knotted and matted. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Einkil enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Einkil abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1 Superior lock.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has bronze crest. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Unemployed mother left him crippled. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 5000 sp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'0" and wears tattered old clothes. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.