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 black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Bather arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Pennie is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is portly but not overly obese. He has dyed his greying scarlet crest a little too much giving a sharp scarlet color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ghesh fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Doctor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Hadarai was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has worked as a Doctor like his father before him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. When Nyx reached her early adolescence her Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She bought a spear and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature, Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

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. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and she wants to get laid

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

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in the north to a Bather, Dayereth learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Revenge; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Religious, Job, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His white hair is still thick. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Stableman, but he got bored and became a Sellsword. He became a Sellsword soon after.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Secretive, Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1400 sp.