Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Orsik 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.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

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

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Chem lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and doesn't want to be a mortician and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her white hair down. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 140 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is wearing a long, tan cloak. She has silver hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Nissa's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Nissa was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She became a Spy soon after.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 sp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a large green jacket. His crest is blue and curly. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2500 sp. Moonstone (30 gp). Jade (40 gp). Fire opal (900 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. The war was a terrible time for her, and Antinua does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born in the east. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and is pretty ugly. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears a green costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. She is portly but not overly obese. Her rusty crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her silver crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 3200 sp.