Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Herleva is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Herleva is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the west to a Barber, Herleva learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Barber for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new barber responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shortspear, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her crest is blue and curly. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 sp. Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears long strands of sapphire and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Chrysoprase (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 gp.