Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and carries morningstars. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Ranala lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. After a long history of fighting, Ranala and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hobart isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His fur is cut close to his head. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Jade was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Jade's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 390 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. His red hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are black and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His blue hair is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His childhood dream was to be a Courier, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Courier, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Courier; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His silver hair is braided into rings. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

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. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sailor

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

Possessions: 2400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her white hair is wavy and long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Racist, Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has no hair. She has blue eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is an amazing painter.

History: Theirastra lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Therai reached his early adolescence his Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Passionate, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Hourglass.