Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is an epitome of beauty. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Paelias alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Jade (150 gp).

Description: This southern woman is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is blonde and very short. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Sariel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She wears just a red suit. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She has chestnut hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. When Kithri reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a brown collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is long and red with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a Tailor, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 80 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'4". She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her quarterstaff with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. She has wavy blonde hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears her scarlet crest down. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Arava grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat, and she perpetually has her hand crossbow ready. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Waywocket lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Racist. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a brown vest and prefers violet and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 cp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp).