Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has shaved her head bald. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This malnourished man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His white crest is smooth and relatively long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. His hair is chestnut and curly. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Being a Bookbinder kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He wears his red hair down. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Painter business.

History: Born in the north to a Painter, Einkil learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her head has been shaved. She is baby faced.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Cora isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her hair is golden and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ootah studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A 3'0" eastern woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a Mercenary first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ranala grew up listening to her father's many stories. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 7000 cp. Onyx (60 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears tattered old clothes. With wild red hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in a small desert village. 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 south. He bought a rapier and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and doesn't want to be a mason and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.