Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his rapier, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His hair is brown and curly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'4" and wears long strands of emerald and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has red crest. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 sp. Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her crest is cut close to her head. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shepherd. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a black shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and is pretty ugly. Her purple hair is braided into rings. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Cook they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Bellfounder, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and 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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 sp. Zircon (60 gp).

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, yellow cloak. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 160 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, blue shirt, and black tie. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Arannis was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Knight. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Arannis never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her head has been shaved. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Nora hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). She became a Adventurer soon after.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 gp. Jet (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with white slacks. His red crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Baradad abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Fearful, Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Deep green spinel (120 gp).