Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She has green eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: Nalaed hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gifted student she started as a Brewer, but she got bored and became a Courier. She's also a talented Brewer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has wavy blonde hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Blossom embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Blossom fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor, and she perpetually has her morningstar ready. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a great chef.

History: She was born into a rich family. Balifra liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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 is greedy; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His hair is short and dark red. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Dyer father left him crippled. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 sp. Malachite (6 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Leucis was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and revenge

Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His long lavender fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Great hails from a village terrorized by drow. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and revenge

Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Balam hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Balam was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Standing 6'7", this man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Merihim hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 140 gp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: This man wears professional attire. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Apothecary profession.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.