Description: A middle-aged man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and is pretty ugly. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She has black fur. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Skirt was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Gardener. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Flaws: Emotional, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, marred by chocolates. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length white hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Mella was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. At a young age her mother died while driving off some dire rats. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in greataxe use. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is auburn and very short. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Seebo hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. After months of barely getting by, Seebo 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: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this eastern woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears her white crest down. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. 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: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hillanot 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 Hillanot. Being a Bather kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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 she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears baggy green pantaloons and a grey scarf, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her rusty crest in a pixie cut. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Tanner they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Servant, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is portly but not overly obese. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Andry 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 found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 cp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears a grey vest and prefers red and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Erias is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Chain shirt.