Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. 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 born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Veloptima fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4 Holy water. 4 Holy water.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'1". She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her silver hair is cut short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Alain embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Aquamarine (1200 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At some point he was captured by illithids and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: He wears a fancy black suit. He has wavy chestnut hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Bathin was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.