Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Nija liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Addict, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Jacoba grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Jacoba. 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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears a fancy white dress. She carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished lance as well. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Andry was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Andry and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He likes to wear grey tank tops with white pants. He carries with him a set of clubs, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Frederick fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.