Description: This late middle aged woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times and is in decent physical shape. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nella will drive conversation. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nella studied abroad. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Orla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 sp. Malachite (11 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a black coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His brass crest is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her broad white hat.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Paela isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Interpreter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in a small island village. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 cp.