Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is brown and very short. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With wild red hair. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Butcher and was forced into it by her family.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1100 sp. Violet garnet (800 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Amber (100 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'10". He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Kûga is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Kûga was born with his father's beautiful face. Through the years after Kûga was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Kûga's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Kûga and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 sp. Malachite (16 gp).

Description: 2'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a fancy white dress. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 250 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a simple brown robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her beige fur is unkempt and raggedy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born to a Sage, her father struggled to pay the bills. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Tiefling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tiefling doctor. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a white vest and prefers green and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has amber eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gildmak isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A 5'5" eastern man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Crown-heir business.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Trym grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. The war was a terrible time for her, and Quelenna does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Quelenna was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has no hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Vilberg lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Guard, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Everburning torch.