Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her blonde hair up. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She takes great joy in being the best Dilettante in town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Helen studied abroad. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Dilettante for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Carter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and a wedding ring on his left hand. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 5. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is cut close to his head. He has silver eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He has worked as a Sage like his mother before him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 sp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her crest is green and very short. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a Armorer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 60 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is an amazing painter.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 2'10". He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pikar embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a Adventurer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. The war was a terrible time for him, and Rimmon does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Rimmon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Adventurer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her ears are large.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Average lock.