Description: He wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and brown pants, and he perpetually has his shortbow ready. His copper crest is knotted and matted. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Arjhan hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arjhan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Jet (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with white slacks. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Butcher for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. His beige fur is heavily combed to the left. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Smoking hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. 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: Smoking 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 has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 gp. A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). 4 Thunderstones.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a long, green cloak. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the north to a Gardener, Gargax learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Gargax was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Gargax decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He became a Gardener soon after.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is portly but not overly obese. Her golden hair is cut short. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Jasper (50 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), marred by teas. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy, Addict, Mundane. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He has dyed his greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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, Donaar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Donaar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Elven compassion.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She prefers to wear flannel. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A freak accident while working with her Body Guard mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and half-elven compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 5'5" and tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her orange fur is smooth and relatively long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Doctor 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.