Description: A 3'1" northern woman, she usually wears her red robe and has her dagger always slung over her shoulder. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Alain embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears baggy black pantaloons and a pastel scarf, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Merihim has worked very hard to control his curse. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Blue quartz (7 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Marshal. She wears her silver crest up. She is very pretty but has cold, dead 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 harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the east to a Marshal, Perra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Marshal for hire.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Marshal and was forced into it by her family; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 370 gp.