Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. He wears his scarlet crest up. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Vrondiss's homeland. Vrondiss decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vrondiss fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Tailor they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Dilettante, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Poor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Jet (90 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Borun isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Borun is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 140 gp. White pearl (50 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Barrister father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Forgetful, Disease. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 5'8", this woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her yellow fur is braided into rings. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Emotional, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears his red crest up. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Shedinn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Andraste's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Andraste grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her first spouse was a Apothecary, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her skin is flawless and her white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Mastema was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Mastema was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 30 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp).