Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 320 gp. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear flannel. His red hair is still thick. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Soapmaker business.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Warryn was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Soapmaker. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 sp. Silver ewer (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her top grey hat.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Gurdis lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 9000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has no crest. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the east to a Cook, Pijjirik learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on his belt. His hair is blonde and curly. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Thorpe embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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. After a long history of fighting, Thorpe and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Locksmith. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's in love; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Lewis was born the youngest of three triplets. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has wavy white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 50 gp.