Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he very much looks the part of a Mercenary. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a grey tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a very tight haircut. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Cook but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 250 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a white costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 cp. Blue quartz (4 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Eberdeb never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 140 gp. Coral (50 gp).