Description: He is lean but muscular and wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His tied-back hair is golden. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Alston was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He 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. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature falchion.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and a wedding ring on her right hand. With wild golden hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She became a Jeweler soon after.

Motivation: To be a Baker again; and balancing her hectic life and new jeweler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: In love, Job, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bertram embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Bertram hails from a village terrorized by drow. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bertram was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Carter. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Geva is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Geva was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He likes to wear tan tank tops with brown pants. His hair is brown and very short. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Gifted from a young age, Naal studied abroad. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 4'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Eridred was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Apothecary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Stylist they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Apothecary, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He sports a flattop crest cut. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Nadarr hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Animal Trainer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged man typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Wymar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When Wymar reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1500 sp. Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His golden hair is braided into rings. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Roge was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Silver pearl (70 gp).