Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, marred by chocolates. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Xanaphia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When Xanaphia reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a white cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Alain was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her childhood dream was to be a Assassin, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Baker.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; 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: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'4". She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. She wears her silver hair up. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Vola abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Cook. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 9000 cp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is white and curly. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Thradal was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Amber (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a fancy brown dress. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Alice isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'3". He wears professional attire, and his gloved hand is found clutching a longbow. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Aust was born with his father's beautiful face. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is black and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Zepar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Riardon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. Tourmaline (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).