Description: She wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time, and she perpetually has her greataxe ready. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Stacee embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Stacee abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 20000 cp. Banded agate (16 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Hunter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: An older woman who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, she is not a threatening figure. Her long black crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dragonborn conditions. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and gnomish compassion

Flaws: Insane, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 160 pp. Black pearl (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Amber (100 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a blue coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He has a very tight haircut. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 sp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 2'10" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. A true patriot, Radomir would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 cp. Jade (100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his black hair up. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.