Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Gennal lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: An older woman who dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, she is not a threatening figure. She has done her best to style her white fur to look like a famous performer. Her yellow eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born into a rich family. Nimble was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nimble decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Merchant

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

Possessions: 3000 cp. Hematite (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Coral (110 gp).

Description: This woman wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a flail on her belt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white fur is singed and shortened. She has copper eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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 happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His crest is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has worked as a Baker like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. She sports black long hair. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

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 refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. A gifted student she started as a Carpenter, but she got bored and became a Engraver. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's in love

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. She wears a colorful flower in her dark red hair. Her silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Interpreter business.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Criella was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Criella decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Interpreter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'11" when asserting himself. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Morkral hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.