Description: This woman prefers to wear flannel. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a white coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Butcher profession.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She struck the Hunter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Insane, Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 900 sp. Hematite (14 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 4 Thunderstones. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: This woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull violet iron scale mail. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stylist and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Jet (120 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp).

Description: This southern woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Merla embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 gp.