Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her long beige fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with his Marshal father left him crippled. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this northern woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her crest is short and blue. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Aasathra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Fisher, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has styled her yellow fur well, parting it to the left. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a brown shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. The war was a terrible time for her, and Joan does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 120 gp.