Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her red hair is braided into rings. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Mara hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. The war was a terrible time for her, and Mara does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. His hair is short and blonde. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Mercenary. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and balancing his hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears a white deerstalker hat and white clothes. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is long and silver with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Ortegar was born the youngest of three triplets. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Ortegar was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: To be a Junk Dealer again; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Crowbar.