Description: This slender woman stands about 5'0". She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She usually wears her pastel robe and has her monstrous two handed axe always slung over her shoulder. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her black fur is heavily combed to the left. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Left-Handed fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 340 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Mantus will drive conversation. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born to a Barber, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mantus 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 Mantus. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Detective. His crest is black and very short. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Detective. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pandjed grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shortspear, but if one is not available she will default to her whip. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears his silver hair down. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Butcher they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Glassblower, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is typically in his Interpreter uniform. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished sickle as well. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His ears are large.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His first spouse was a Healer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kody fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her gold crest is still thick. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4 Acid flasks.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Performer. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Euphemia's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Euphemia is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60 gp.