Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears professional attire. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: Pearl wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Pearl hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Pearl and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a red shirt with thin black vertical stripes and tan pants. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Bucklal speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a Bricklayer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Bricklayer like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has done her best to style her black crest to look like a famous performer. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has never given up on her singing dream.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Patrick is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.