Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Alston 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. 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; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He wears a tan shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and brown pants. He has moderate length silver hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 130 gp. Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aldous is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He tends to his Navigator job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: He wears a white shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and blue pants. He carries a battered spear and tarnished halberd as well. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bhevek isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age his father died while driving off some gnolls. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in halberd use. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bhevek fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A 6'2" western man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has done his best to style his dark red hair to look like a famous performer. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: Cairn is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Cairn abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. 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 has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man is dressed in an above average manner. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Drogo wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the west to a Architect, Drogo learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Guard, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Architect job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a brown scarf. He has no hair. His white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Marbas grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Silk rope.