Description: A 3'4" western man, he wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in a small island village. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and money/treasure

Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Religious, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is an epitome of beauty. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Elysande wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Elysande was taken on many hunting expeditions. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born in the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents were killed by brigands in a raid when he was still a young child. The brigands captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a violet costume with the symbols of magic on her torso, and she perpetually has her sai ready. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the right. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Avice 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 to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has moderate length auburn hair. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 89. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Sard (40 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Jet (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: This western man prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the west were limited. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rose (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Amber (100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Jade (100 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Amber (100 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.