Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He usually wears his brown robe and has his sickle always slung over his shoulder. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Darrak hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1600 sp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He worked as a nervous Hunter and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Hunter for hire.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his long white fur kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Drifting grew up listening to his father's many stories. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Vlorn was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Vlorn decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1800 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Balifra speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Actor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a red tunic with violet highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born in the north. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a fancy black dress. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her black eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Armara was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She became a Bricklayer soon after.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears her brown hair up. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Ruler. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Ruler for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a fisher again

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 160 gp.