Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a hunchback. She has wavy black hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). 8 Acid flasks.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with tan slacks. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a fancy black suit. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has green crest. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Antinua hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Antinua was born with her father's beautiful face. 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 mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is golden and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Thorpe lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this western man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has styled his beige fur well, parting it to the right. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born in the west. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 170 gp. Moss agate (8 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Nalral was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Slave Trader. After months of barely getting by, Nalral managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her head has been shaved. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Helen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has white hair. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the east to a Detective, Oriel learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Oriel abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She's also a talented Armorer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and balancing her hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.