Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and white handkerchief worn on her right side. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Huru isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 250 gp. Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

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. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Fallthra 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 Fallthra. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Ozyman was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Barkeep. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Geva 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. She's also a talented Sellsword, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30 gp. Jade (40 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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 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: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 sp.