Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears just a white suit. She wears her white hair down. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: Ekk wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... 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: Born in the north to a Bellfounder, Ekk learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Ekk alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has worked as a Bellfounder like her father before her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Pâsh was born with his mother's beautiful face. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bather work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bather work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Fisher does. He is physically well-built. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fisher.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a red armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. His black hair is thinning but still full. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born into a rich family. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Burto has worked very hard to control his curse. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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 south. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a black and green robe with the hood down, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. His blue crest is singed and shortened. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She wears a fancy brown dress. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. At a young age her father died while driving off some illithids. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in club use. 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. Maynild fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Soapmaker

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

Possessions: 14000 cp.