Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, tan shirt, and black tie. His hair is short and red. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To be a Knight again; and balancing his hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Tabaxi supremacist, though he does not identify as such. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His childhood dream was to be a Locksmith, but he was a colossal failure. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a Ploughman, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her childhood dream was to be a Ploughman, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He carries a battered sai and tarnished longsword as well. He has dyed his greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: He wears black trousers with grey and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He carries a battered sai and tarnished trident as well. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ronk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 110 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a hand crossbow on her belt. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in the west to a Soapmaker, Mary learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mary fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her longbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her hair is short and blonde. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Lezre was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Lezre decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. Her white hair is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her first spouse was a Glassblower, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Engraver and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.