Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bricklayer for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he has a crush on the local fletcher

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears a red tunic with tan highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bows and glaives. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. His fur is short and black. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. 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-brother.

History: Edge was born with his mother's beautiful face. Edge liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'6" and wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Heian speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Charles was born with his father's beautiful face. 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. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Charles never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barrister. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is short and silver. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She got into the Barrister business at a young age. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She became a Barrister soon after.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she's in love

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is long and brown with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His ears are large.

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 is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. 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. Torinn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.