Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a large white jacket. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has violet eyes and a white hat with a violet feather.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Volen reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She usually wears her blue robe and has her sickle always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is blonde and very short. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her broad blue hat.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. After coming to the age of reason, Mara took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the west to a Shoemaker, Gildmak learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has worked as a Shoemaker like his mother before him.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.