Description: This malnourished woman wears a brown collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 20 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears bulky green painted plate armor. His copper crest is lengthy. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Mehen will drive conversation. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Mehen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: Further expansion of business; and revenge

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. He has hazel eyes and a red hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Ortegar's homeland. Ortegar decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 120 gp. Jade (160 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Gennal alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Amethyst (60 gp).

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top black hat.

Personality: Gorga hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Half-Plate.