Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His fur is short and orange. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 70 gp. Iolite (30 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born in a small forest village. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 sp. Coral (50 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. 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 daughter.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Thorpe alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple blue robe with green stripes complete with hood. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a Assassin first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dayereth grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Dayereth. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Assassin.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 cp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp).

Description: She wears just a brown suit, and she perpetually has her shield ready. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Jacoba lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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. Jacoba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

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

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: This woman is dressed in an above average manner, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. 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: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Pyntle's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Map Maker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Pyntle has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 290 gp.