Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His white hair is long and unkept. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 370 gp. Black opal (600 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: He wears dull red sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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 Bookbinder. He has worked as a Bookbinder like his father before him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has lavender fur. His ears are large.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hollow voice

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

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has moderate length black hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 110 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman very much looks the part of a Weaver. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length red hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Gifted from a young age, Althaea studied abroad. A gifted student she started as a Architect, but she got bored and became a Weaver. She became a Weaver soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a hunchback. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Bree was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Anne hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.