Description: This malnourished man wears a simple white robe with green stripes complete with hood. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Chalcedony (30 gp). Jet (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available she will default to her scimitar. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her left hand. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Miller arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 80 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". He wears bulky tan painted plate armor, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

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. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 290 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a tan Stetson hat and tan clothes. He is physically well-built. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He worked as a nervous Priest and found it very stressful. He struck the Priest job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is chestnut and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Carter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Being a Carter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This northern woman wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Shax was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a Dilettante, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has worked as a Dyer like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born in the south. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Roland is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He married young, but lost his spouse to gnolls. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks in third person

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