Description: She stands about 5'9" and wears black trousers with yellow and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mastema grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Mastema was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a black vest and prefers green and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His ears are large.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 170 gp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with green slacks. She has a hunchback. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small white clips. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small red clips. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Marigold grew up listening to her father's many stories. Marigold 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 has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is silver and curly. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.