Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His green eyes dart from person to person.

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 an amazing painter.

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. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4000 cp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

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 a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born in a small island village. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Chassath took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up pickaxe and armor she uses now. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and tan robe with the hood down. He wears his chestnut hair down. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Dûgz speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. During his travels, Dûgz and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Dûgz discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Dûgz fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Holy water. 3 Thunderstones. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a quarterstaff, but if one is not available she will default to her ceremonial dagger. She has shaved her head bald. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Pennie lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She carries a battered club and tarnished mace as well. Her long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'10". She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When Thorin reached his early adolescence his Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Amber (120 gp). Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his trident with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a very tight haircut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Seebo was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears tan trousers with white and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Roofer. He has worked as a Roofer like his mother before him.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Silk rope.