Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a white and green robe with the hood down, and carries quarterstaffs. She has wavy white hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Barber arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Nimble is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His chestnut hair is cut short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 pp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'1" and is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His crest is blue and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered giants who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1100 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has white hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Crampernap is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Crampernap grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Crampernap abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp).