Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has moderate length white hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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 became a Tanner soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Tanner responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This southern woman is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His green eyes peer out from beneath his small grey hat.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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: Fargrim hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Fargrim grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Fargrim. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 150 gp. Jasper (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is portly but not overly obese. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Shifting is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Shifting was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Barbena was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Being a Blacksmith kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, In love, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 110 pp.