Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His hair is short and black. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Varis was born with his father's beautiful face. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Varis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Standing 3'4", this 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. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Qualen was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a tan shirt, with a violet mid length skirt with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her ears are large.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She comes from a rich western family. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Everard was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Weaver. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 60 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Adelard was born with his father's beautiful face. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a servant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He keeps his purple hair in a flapper bob. His silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His first spouse was a Merchant, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 80 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Marigold isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Marigold was born with her father's beautiful face. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Morkral lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To protect his home; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Sard (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has dyed his greying purple hair a little too much giving a sharp purple color. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Morthos took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.