Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Tricking wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her beige fur is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise copper. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Leaf was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has a hunchback. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She is a Lamia in disguise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp).

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this northern man wears skinny pants and wears a tan and brown robe with the hood down. He has black hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Zook alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has chestnut hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: She 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. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barrister who has hired her part-time. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Marastyr has worked very hard to control her curse. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Koeth alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This northern man has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his white hair up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Adran is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His first spouse was a Soapmaker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Soapmaker they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Carpenter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1600 sp.