Description: This slender woman stands about 2'8". She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Euphemia grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She bought a pickaxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: This woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Marshal, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She works hard and plays hard.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 60 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gildmak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and half-orc compassion

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears a mask on her face.

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 a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.