Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mortician and was forced into it by his family; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His ears are large.

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 is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Spear was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 7000 cp. Deep green spinel (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His fur is gray and very short. He has gleaming, smiling copper eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He is a Yochlol in disguise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Emmeline was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Apothecary. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 310 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born in the south. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. With wild white hair. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hlin grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. After coming to the age of reason, Mamnen took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he has a crush on the local seamstress

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a greataxe on her belt. Her silver hair is braided into rings. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 900 sp.