Description: This northern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His clothes are grease stained in places. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Howard isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in the north. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished glaive as well. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Thar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Armorer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears baggy brown pantaloons and a red scarf. She has done her best to style her brown fur to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born in the west. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Mercenary. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 80 gp. Zircon (30 gp).

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears green trousers with violet and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is brown and curly. His silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Merihim alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'9" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Ploughman. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Târz has worked very hard to control his curse. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Târz never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has scarlet crest. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Ploughman. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She wears a fancy grey dress. She carries with her a set of rapiers on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Tourmaline (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She wears dull blue sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed whip, just in case. With wild red hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Spy but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Dara was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Spy. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 sp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears professional attire. Her red hair is well kept. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 120 gp.