Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Vaina speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Vaina was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This man wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on his belt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a very tight haircut. He has a tattooed face.

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

History: Howard lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His crest is brass and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Jasper (60 gp).

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this southern man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He keeps his rusty crest in a pixie cut. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 60 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her golden hair down. 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 loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Oriel lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Beggar

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

Possessions: 10 pp. Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Purban hails from a village terrorized by orcs. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Purban was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She stands about 5'4" and wears tattered old clothes. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has cinnamon fur. Her copper eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a bow on her belt and is in decent physical shape. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Bardryn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. She is portly but not overly obese. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and a strong sense of loyalty to tiefling people

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 40 gp.