Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats, marred by beers. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Shepherd business.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Average lock. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mindartis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 gp. Canary diamond (5000 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 6'5", this man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Shedinn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He sports a flattop crest cut. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His childhood dream was to be a Mayor, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his halberd with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are gray.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is content.

Flaws: Depressed, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Obsidian (14 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.