Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears red trousers with white and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a hunchback. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bhevek isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of a Body Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Bhevek was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bhevek 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 Bhevek. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: This man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing a long, yellow cloak. Her hair is white and very short. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She tends to her Stableman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stableman and was forced into it by her family; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has no hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Meriele fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her ears are large.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Orla abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears an entirely white suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her black hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing his hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Emmeline embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This man wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortspear, but if one is not available he will default to his nunchaku. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Silver holy symbol.