Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is typically in her Interpreter uniform. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her black fur is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the west to a Interpreter, Cloud learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Interpreter for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is brown and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. Emerald (500 gp).