Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. After a long history of fighting, Purban and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (11 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: This man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she likes to wear blue tank tops with grey skirt, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Oda has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tattered old clothes. She has dyed her greying red crest a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Blendaeth grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 3'6", this man is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, white shirt, and black tie. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Broce was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Seamstress. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tan trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. 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: Mardnab hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 80 gp. Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. She has dyed her greying black fur a little too much giving a sharp black color. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Lone was born with her mother's beautiful face. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 60 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: He wears just a brown suit. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Body Guard profession.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Theobald has worked very hard to control his curse. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new ploughman responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 sp.