Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aelar studied abroad. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Smokesticks.

Description: She stands about 4'7" and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born into a rich family. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Aramil enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. She has shaved her head bald. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was born in the south. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Jasmine and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand her business; and half-elven compassion

Flaws: Shy, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and he perpetually has his hammer ready. His crest is green and curly. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nadarr grew up listening to his father's many stories. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nadarr was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a grey deerstalker hat and grey clothes. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Oriff 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 used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Ratanák is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Carter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp.