Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear flannel. She sports black long hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a white shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and green pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'2" when asserting himself. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tod embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Tod was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 350 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 6'6" and is typically in her Server uniform. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has moderate length green crest. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Server but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the east to a Server, Gesrethe learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Server and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Server.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a gardener again

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 sp. Red garnet (160 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is lengthy. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Banded agate (10 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp).