Description: This tall, slender man wears a red cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Bertram alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Bertram was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp. Iolite (30 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she likes to wear white tank tops with pastel skirt. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Grigi was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 cp. Golden pearl (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 sp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She carries with her a set of longswords, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She sports black long hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Mella hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She married young, but lost her spouse to illithids. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A 4'4" southern man, he wears a brown shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His white hair is thinning but still full. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Fallond enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in a small forest village. A gifted student he started as a Weaver, but he got bored and became a Brewer. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Brewer for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new brewer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears skinny pants and wears a black and green robe with the hood down. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to be a map maker again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 20 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Fortune-teller. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His fur is cinnamon and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines yellow.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Shifting was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He struck the Fortune-teller job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.