Description: 4'9" and muscular, this northern woman tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born in the west to a Slave Trader, Roge learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 sp. Tourmaline (130 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'0". He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His head has been shaved. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Kelter was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a rapier on her belt. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: Thea was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 40 gp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears suspenders and yellow workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.