Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pearl grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her parents were killed by orcs in a raid when she was still a young child. The orcs captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'4" and wears a green cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His bronze crest is knotted and matted. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sage but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Herbalist, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Buckler.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is physically well-built. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Thradal 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. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a tan shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. 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 barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. During his travels, Roondar and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Roondar discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Roondar fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 70 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'8". She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her brown hair is well kept. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Verna isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears just a red suit. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Hamil enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hamil studied abroad. Hamil 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 has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He got into the Tanner business at a young age. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp).