Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her brown hair is well kept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Mardnab was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A 4'11" northern man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He takes great joy in being the best Gardener in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Gardener and found it very stressful. He has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Gardener responsibilities is difficult; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His head has been shaved. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Jak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length blue crest. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Direcris was born with his father's beautiful face. 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 Carter. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Direcris never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 140 gp. Malachite (5 gp).

Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. His hair is red and very short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Tana was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 320 gp. 3 Holy water.

Description: She wears brown trousers with blue and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She carries with her a set of bows, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. She is baby faced.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Sailor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Sailor arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who prefers to wear flannel. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'1". She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She struck the Performer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 900 sp.