Description: A middle-aged woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and is pretty ugly. Her scarlet crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are likewise gold.

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 is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born in a small forest village. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Performer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Shepherd, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and doesn't want to be a shepherd and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Fargas was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: The child of a Dyer, who enjoyed hunting, Erdan was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Erdan took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up axe and armor he uses now. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with grey slacks. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 60 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 35. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a yellow shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and black pants. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Thomas embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and violet handkerchief worn on his right side. He has no crest. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gifted student he started as a Hunter, but he got bored and became a Bookbinder. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

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

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. He has no fur. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Art was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing. She wears her orange fur up. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Left-Handed studied abroad. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1200 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).