Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He has a hunchback. His hair is short and auburn. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. 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 greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Gerald's homeland. Gerald decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears pastel trousers with blue and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has moderate length red fur. He has yellow eyes and a pastel hat with a blue feather.

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 obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a Sellsword, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 sp. Malachite (16 gp). Coral (50 gp).

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has white eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Makaria will drive conversation. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 cp. Onyx (40 gp).

Description: This southern man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His clothes are grease stained in places. His bronze crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He has taken up work as a Hunter and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the east to a Miller, Diesa learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Diesa 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miller.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has black hair. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins; and many goblins want him driven away

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 cp. Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears tattered old clothes. She has wavy auburn hair. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Ootah is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Ootah was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Ulblyn lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 900 sp.