Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. She has hazel eyes and a black hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 900 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Citrine (80 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Mercenary. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Disease, Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Sage work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sage work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Map Maker again; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 sp. Blue quartz (5 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged man is renowned for his bright white suits and hats and is in decent physical shape. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Fargas speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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-sister.

History: He was born in the north. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Healer. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.