Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vondal grew up listening to his father's many stories. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Adventurer, In love, Rich, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and red handkerchief worn on her right side. She has no fur. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 3'4", this man usually wears his red robe and has his longbow always slung over his shoulder. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Corkitron embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Corkitron was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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 Server. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A 5'6" southern man, he wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available he will default to his pickaxe. He has white hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 120 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp).

Description: An older man who is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Don was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

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 prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His crest, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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 a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her chestnut hair is cut short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Sariel hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born to a Map Maker, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She sports black long hair. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Brewer. She struck the Brewer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. His red hair is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Bernard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He takes great joy in being the best Soapmaker in town.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.