Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: The child of a Carpenter, who enjoyed hunting, Merla was taken on many hunting expeditions. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with grey slacks. Her silver crest is smooth and relatively long. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. White pearl (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Coral (160 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available he will default to his warhammer. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a fancy brown suit. His fur is lavender, silky, and of moderate length. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Joker, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears skinny pants and wears a green and violet robe with the hood down. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Armara was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His fur is cut close to his head. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Occupation: Server

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. The war was a terrible time for him, and Krimp does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. After months of barely getting by, Krimp managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 80 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a yellow shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 70 gp.