Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

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. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a hunchback. She has black hair. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He usually wears his white robe and has his sickle always slung over his shoulder. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. His silver eyes peer out from beneath his small green hat.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Slave Trader. He became a Slave Trader soon after.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Slave Trader and was forced into it by his family; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a fancy blue suit. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Oppleby grew up listening to his father's many stories. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 5000 cp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Jade (70 gp).

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and carries crossbows. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

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 is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A 4'10" western man, he wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Quarion is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Quarion lived on a farm with his father, 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 struck the Architect job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 120 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Eye agate (15 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his red hair up. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Roge hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. Roge was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Roge decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Herbalist kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1200 sp.