Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. The war was a terrible time for him, and Borgu does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Borgu alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. Her gray fur, when down, is lengthy. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a red feather.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Five was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 50 gp. Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Tagga was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tagga fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 20 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He comes from a rich western family. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears professional attire. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. 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 served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Mara was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Miller. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a blue coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. With bright auburn hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Malquis was taken on many hunting expeditions. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3 Acid flasks.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear flannel. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Eleanor was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: The child of a Barkeep, who enjoyed hunting, Ombul was taken on many hunting expeditions. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mortician. He became a Mortician soon after.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She carries with her a set of morningstars, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 cp.