Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Gennal was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has worked as a Hunter like her mother before her.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A 5'6" southern man, he wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Morg was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. Her bronze crest is thinning but still full. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Kava hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her tied-back hair is brown. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Ovak is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and money/treasure

Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bather but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination and is in decent physical shape. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Oblar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oblar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her rusty crest is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Aasathra was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor and is in decent physical shape. His fur is short and white. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He bought a greataxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Banded mail.