Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'1" and prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a Actor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She tends to her Actor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Halander embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a tan collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Varis was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (4 gp). Iolite (70 gp). 2 Smokesticks. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with black slacks. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. Citrine (30 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: Kildrak hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large blue jacket. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This light-skinned female prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Whurdred's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: An older man who is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Tethren is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 cp.