Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp).

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She carries a battered glaive and tarnished longsword as well. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nora isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Nora alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Citrine (50 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'4" and wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Nim never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and balancing his hectic life and new miller responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Slave, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 40 pp.