Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a red coat. Her hair is white and curly. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Alain never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, In love, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her fur is brown and curly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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; and many orcs want her driven away

Flaws: Greedy, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is physically well-built. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. She has amber eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Meriele lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Knight they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Spice Merchant, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Ulfgar was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Ulfgar's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and 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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 190 gp.