Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tattered old clothes. Her beige fur is thinning but still full. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a Bookbinder, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Ethereal liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a halberd and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to be a bookbinder again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1500 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She has blue eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is short and brown. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he usually wears his black robe and has his crossbow always slung over his shoulder. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are black.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Slave Trader but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Slave Trader job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Revenge; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 170 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a violet costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She has wavy white hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Rohesia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His brown hair is singed and shortened. He is baby faced.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Knight father left him crippled. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1100 sp.