Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the east. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears brown trousers with yellow and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her ears are large.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Hadwisa's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with blue slacks. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Tûhorn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has wavy blonde hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is red and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He takes great joy in being the best Ploughman in town.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born in the south. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 250 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'2" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a Mason, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. During his travels, Nordak and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Nordak discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Nordak fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1400 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).