Description: She is a mite stocky and wears long strands of jet and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She sports a flattop crest cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1200 sp. Malachite (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and is pretty ugly. Her beige fur is long and unkept. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Silent is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This late middle aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gimgen will drive conversation. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Born in the west to a Bricklayer, Gimgen learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His first spouse was a Bounty Hunter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a bounty hunter again

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bertram isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'7" when asserting himself. His scarlet crest is heavily combed to the right. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Barkeep. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new barkeep responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 170 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born in the west. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people.

Flaws: Mundane, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her red hair is thinning but still full. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born in the west. Quillathe liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30 pp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his red hair up. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 sp.