Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her tied-back hair is white. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ownka was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A freak accident while working with her Butcher father left her crippled. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and green handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: Money/treasure; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Leshanna was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Shágflak lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He became a Barber soon after.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bhevek grew up listening to his father's many stories. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Baelitae was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears bulky red painted plate armor. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a Courier, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Gildmak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'9". She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a glaive on her belt. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A gifted student she started as a Unemployed, but she got bored and became a Sage. 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. Gynnie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pirithin studied abroad. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Pirithin grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Pirithin. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Gardener for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.