Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His eyes are green.

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 loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Hoglik was born with his father's beautiful face. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He bought a bastard sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 60 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her feathered white hat.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull red iron scale mail. His cinnamon fur is smooth and relatively long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Harvest speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Harvest grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Harvest alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. 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 trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. His black hair is still thick. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: He wears a grey coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Traubon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Traubon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a red top hat and red clothes. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her cinnamon fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 80 gp.