Description: She is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly spears and shortspears. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her ears are large.

Personality: Aura hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1300 gp. Rose (30 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 66. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Soapmaker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and doesn't want to be a soapmaker and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Family, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: 2'10" and muscular, this southern woman wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Verna was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a shield and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He carries a battered rapier and tarnished sword as well. His tied-back hair is white. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He has worked as a Crown-heir like his father before him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'5" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His tied-back hair is auburn. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 260 gp.