Description: This woman stands a little under 3'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Liftrasa hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She is physically well-built. She has wavy dark red hair. Her skin is flawless and her black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Nija 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: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His crest is bronze and curly. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Shamash is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Shamash was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shamash decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 150 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is long and red with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Rosalind was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mercenary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 cp. Hematite (12 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tattered old clothes. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bertram embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A freak accident while working with his Gardener father left him crippled. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Superior lock.