Description: He has a missing right leg. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is content

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She keeps her long brass crest kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are red and beady.

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. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of a Miner, who enjoyed hunting, Blossom was taken on many hunting expeditions. Blossom was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Blossom decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 40 pp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Ella was born the youngest of three triplets. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a ceremonial dagger on his belt. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His black hair is thinning but still full. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Erevan grew up listening to his father's many stories. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Erevan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1700 sp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Frouse was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Guard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 50 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp).

Description: He wears a fancy green suit. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has scarlet crest. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Herbalist profession.

History: Azzakh lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Adventurer.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is brown and curly. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Yevelda grew up listening to her father's many stories. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.