Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. She has dyed her greying black crest a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is an amazing painter.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has moderate length brass crest. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Ruler. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born in the south to a Ruler, Jheri learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Ruler. Recently the stress of being a Ruler has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). Coral (120 gp).

Description: This woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her auburn hair is cut short. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, grey shirt, and green tie. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She worked as a nervous Fisher and found it very stressful. She tends to her Fisher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears just a brown suit. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a doctor and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1300 gp.