Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He very much looks the part of a Shepherd. His hair is blonde and curly. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Dain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Citrine (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has green eyes and a white hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and dwarven compassion

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 17000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears blue trousers with grey and pastel striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears his red hair up. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

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

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Helen grew up listening to her father's many stories. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Helen never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 500 pp. Sard (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Rose (30 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: 4'1" and muscular, this southern man wears baggy grey pantaloons and a tan scarf. He has shaved his head bald. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The war was a terrible time for him, and Beloril does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Beloril was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Rose (40 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Jet (150 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. His white fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He uses divination through singing.

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. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Jacinth (8000 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Amber (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. She is an epitome of beauty. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. After coming to the age of reason, Xanaphia took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.