Description: She wears dull white sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed mace, just in case. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a greataxe on her belt. She keeps her blue crest in a pixie cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her red hair is lengthy. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Eldeth is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Brewer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Brewer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Brewer for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 160 gp. Amber (50 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her golden hair is well kept. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents were killed by goblins in a raid when she was still a young child. The goblins captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a simple green robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His dark red hair is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the south to a Cook, Balam learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Tanner. His hair is blue and very short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Tanner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a tan shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a great chef.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Alvyn was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'2" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Ulblyn lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Eye agate (15 gp).

Description: This woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

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

Possessions: 1900 sp.