Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Barendd was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Brewer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Baker, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Slave, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He has chestnut hair. His eyes are silver and catlike.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ekemon is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 70000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is black and very short. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nelkin will drive conversation. 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Nelkin abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 pp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a greatsword on his belt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Immeral hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 14000 cp. Silver pearl (90 gp). Amber (90 gp). Emerald (400 gp). 2 Smokesticks. 3 Holy water.