Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nikki grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Revenge; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a yellow coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Jacoba enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Jacoba lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student she started as a Adventurer, but she got bored and became a Carter. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: She wears professional attire. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Ekk alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ekk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears her silver hair up. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born in the north. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 90 gp.