Description: This dark-skinned female dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Merla grew up listening to her father's many stories. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. His brown hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Forcas was born the youngest of three triplets. His childhood dream was to be a Slave Trader, but he was a colossal failure. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is red and curly. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. The war was a terrible time for him, and Bundrigo does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When Bundrigo reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 60 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Flaws: Disease, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.