Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. She has shaved her head bald. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Tordrid was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Tordrid decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to protect her home

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 210 gp. Sard (20 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Brakka was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Doctor. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Marshal work with an outfit from a few towns over. Marshal work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a hunchback. She has black hair. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Tervaround speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born in the south. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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 feels threatened by others

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his black hair down. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Dondon embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He takes great joy in being the best Miller in town.

History: Dondon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He got money to start a business from the gang present in town. He is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.