Description: She wears blue trousers with yellow and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'11" when asserting herself. Her hair is silver and curly. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Elama enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Courier, her father struggled to pay the bills. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she has a crush on the local courier

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His blue hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3100 sp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. A true patriot, Eloise would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: An older man who wears bulky white painted plate armor, he is not a threatening figure. He has black hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a tan and black robe with the hood down. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Himo was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her pickaxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Bardryn was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Doctor. She tends to her Doctor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He is wearing a long, yellow cloak. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. 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: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Addict, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her red fur is thinning but still full. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). 1 Everburning torch.