Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a hand crossbow on her belt. Her hair is silver and very short. Her face is scarred and worn.

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 takes great joy in being the best Adventurer in town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shaena grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Adventurer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Adventurer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new adventurer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a black shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and yellow pants. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Disease, Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His crest is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Sethrekar hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, green cloak. She is portly but not overly obese. Her crest is short and silver. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Fortune-teller but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears long strands of amethyst and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, marred by teas. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Backpack.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor, marred by sweets. His black hair is still thick. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Eldon was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Layabout they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Spy, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: An older man who usually wears his yellow robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is long and black with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born in a small island village. Chad liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He stands about 6'7" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 110 pp. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: This northern man dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with brown slacks. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his brown hair up. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.