Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, blue shirt, and grey tie. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and nunchakus. Her fur is cinnamon, silky, and of moderate length. 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 is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a yellow deerstalker hat and yellow clothes. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Geoffrey has worked very hard to control his curse. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 50 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has dyed her greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. This copper eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a Dyer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Shivering was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Shivering's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Shivering and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'7" and wears an entirely brown suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull green iron scale mail, and he perpetually has his spear ready. Sporting a auburn mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Wiggens fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is black and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

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

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. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Jarana hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is short and silver. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Karash lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Karash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Layabout and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her black crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She worked as a nervous Healer and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Healer for the past few years.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.