Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is long and white with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She 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. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Sailor arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Tiaathque alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Herbalist born in the past three hundred years. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He bought a longsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on his left side, and carries flails. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has amber eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His childhood dream was to be a Interpreter, but he was a colossal failure. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Whurbin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: A 3'5" northern woman, she dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Panana was taken on many hunting expeditions. Panana liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His fur is red and curly. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He tends to his Servant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new servant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her orange fur is heavily combed to the left. Her yellow eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shadow studied abroad. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. After a long history of fighting, Shadow and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student she started as a Apothecary, but she got bored and became a Animal Trainer. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Moss agate (9 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Amethyst (120 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His copper crest, when down, is lengthy. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A freak accident while working with his Animal Trainer father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp).