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 white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Racist. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 8000 gp. Onyx (40 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her beige fur is still thick. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tree studied abroad. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Tree has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She wears blue trousers with brown and red striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She worked as a nervous Sailor and found it very stressful. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 10000 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 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 (20 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Krakhorn 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 has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Tenena was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Peridot (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Jade (80 gp). Sard (30 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Rose (30 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a tan shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and white pants. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born to a Bricklayer, his father struggled to pay the bills. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Amber (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.