Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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 a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a black vest and prefers blue and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She keeps her long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a Merchant, her father struggled to pay the bills. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Merchant they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Performer, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1800 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a white deerstalker hat and white clothes. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Nikki speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In her 17th 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His blonde hair is still thick. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. 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: Vanuath was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Knight kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a simple white robe with tan stripes complete with hood, marred by teas. His brown hair is long and unkept. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Courier kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 190 gp. Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'1" and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She takes great joy in being the best Shoemaker in town.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Helen was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a blue vest and prefers red and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His red hair is cut short. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He's in love.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Black pearl (1200 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.