Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are violet.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Performer. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He got into the Performer business at a young age. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He tends to his Performer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Torz enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Torz and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Insane. Occupation: Priest

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (100 gp). Emerald (900 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She has slicked back golden hair. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Neega was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Neega decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 31000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 2'8" northern woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small white hat.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.