Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Adam is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: The child of a Carpenter, who enjoyed hunting, Adam was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Actor for hire.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 7000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. To his fellows he 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Through the years after Thamuz was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Thamuz's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Thamuz and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This man wears a yellow costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His ears are large.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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 in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A freak accident while working with his Architect mother left him crippled. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Jade (50 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born in the east. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 9000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 7000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears skinny pants and wears a blue and green robe with the hood down. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sindri was born with his father's beautiful face. 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Sard (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Jade (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She wears her black hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Veloptima was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane, Fearful. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 12000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.