Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'2" and wears a white costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. She has slicked back black hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Merla enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His white crest is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 40000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears just a red suit. He has a very tight haircut. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Kelter was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 gp.