Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She carries a battered trident and tarnished shield as well. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He very much looks the part of a Miner. He has shaved his head bald. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Eldon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Miner responsibilities is difficult; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a black vest and prefers pastel and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair is short and dark red. Her eyes are white and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. His blue hair is braided into rings. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding 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. Tethren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic, Ugly, PTSD. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 pp. Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shoemaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bolg fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a blue coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He wears his silver hair up. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Varis embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple red robe with violet stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

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