Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a hunchback. His black hair is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Paggen 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. Paggen 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. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He has moderate length blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Corkitron embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. 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. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Valafar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Standing 6'3", this woman wears long strands of emerald and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has black fur. Her copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. A true patriot, Aura would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She became a Painter soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Standing 6'6", this woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her black crest is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was taken from her home at a very young age. 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: Revenge; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses like a well dressed Barrister does. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Barrister. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Bethrynna hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She worked as a nervous Barrister and found it very stressful. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Fletcher, her father struggled to pay the bills. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She keeps her bronze crest in a pixie cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Shepherd business.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, grey shirt, and white tie. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is an amazing painter.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Buckler.