Description: A pudgy man standing about 2'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a Slave Trader, his father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tattered old clothes. He wears his red crest up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Tarhun was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 150 gp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'5" and wears baggy white pantaloons and a blue scarf. She has a very tight haircut. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her broad white hat.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Miller profession.

History: She was born in the north. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Architect. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Amethyst (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. With bright black hair. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His auburn hair is cut short. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Târz grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Târz. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 110 gp. White pearl (160 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His gold crest is knotted and matted. He has gold 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. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Mugrunden was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (50 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He has no crest. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is auburn and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Frouse alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.