Description: Runty and weak-looking, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is brown and curly. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born to a Barkeep, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A freak accident while working with her Barkeep mother left her crippled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Barkeep.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 3'11" eastern woman, she wears long strands of topaz and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He wears professional attire, and he perpetually has his quarterstaff ready. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. 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. Nelkin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 120 gp. Sard (60 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a fancy black dress. Her long green crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She usually wears her black robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. Her crest is cut close to her head. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She 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. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush, Debt. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His blue crest is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

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. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To be a Shoemaker again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Bhevek lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Adventurer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bather, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 20000 sp. Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears dark leathers with embroidery, she is not a threatening figure. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her ears are large.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Nalaed's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Tanner arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Tanner. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Tanner for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Deep green spinel (80 gp).

Description: He wears baggy black pantaloons and a white scarf. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His green crest is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Salasar will drive conversation. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Salasar was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 110 gp.