Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Diesa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with green slacks. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Valida was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Valida abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears brown trousers with blue and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Dyer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'2". She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. Her purple hair is knotted and matted. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Astaro was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a long, black cloak. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His silver eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a tan shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and red pants. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He worked as a nervous Crown-heir and found it very stressful. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 sp. Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. She wears her white hair down. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Nella alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has no hair. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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: To reunite with his absent mother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 cp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.