Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears just a grey suit. She sports white long hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: Helja hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Helja was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available she will default to her bow. She has a hunchback. She wears her blonde hair up. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Emma was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bellfounder. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 cp. Silver pearl (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear white tank tops with blue pants. He wears his brown hair down. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Damien grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 110 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp).

Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bricklayer. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Himo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He tends to his Bricklayer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. His head has been shaved. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Dilettante and was forced into it by his family; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

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

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor, and he perpetually has his club ready. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Tod hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tattered old clothes. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in a small island village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. He wears his white hair down. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has achieved small success as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 80 gp.