Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with red slacks. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Sard (30 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Jade (40 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Amber (40 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Coral (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, grey shirt, and pastel tie. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Halander isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. Halander is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 16000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat and is in decent physical shape. She has brown fur. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Great was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 Priest. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Amber (90 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor, and carries longswords. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered red hat.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Coral (90 gp). Amber (90 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Jade (90 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has wavy blonde hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. The war was a terrible time for him, and Aelar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Aelar took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

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

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 11000 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Amethyst (130 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His tied-back hair is golden. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a great chef.

History: Thradal was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.