Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. She has styled her blue hair well, parting it to the right. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Astaro's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a Locksmith, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. His chestnut hair is still thick. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He takes great joy in being the best Assassin in town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He worked as a nervous Assassin and found it very stressful. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Quelenna is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Quelenna studied abroad. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 160 gp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: He wears a grey coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He carries with him a set of rapiers, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His tied-back hair is brown. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. William fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp).