Description: This late middle aged man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat and is in decent physical shape. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ulfgar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 gp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: She is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats, and carries morningstars. Her hair is short and blonde. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Coral (130 gp).

Description: This woman prefers to wear flannel. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She has brown eyes and a red hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Robbie isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born into a rich family. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on her torso, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are brown.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. At some point she was captured by orcs and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Optimist, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and tan robe with the hood down. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. Her first spouse was a Shepherd, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has no hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Târz is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Târz lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has done his best to style his orange fur to look like a famous performer. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Ratbag was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

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

Possessions: 210 gp.