Description: He wears long strands of ruby and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his rapier, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Bertram liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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 be a Bather again.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 8000 sp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. With bright red hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Alain reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Willow was born the youngest of three triplets. She found a children's book about a Halfling Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears long strands of amethyst and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She carries with her a set of rapiers, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Knight. Sarai is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Healer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Knight, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears dull brown sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sword, just in case. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. The war was a terrible time for her, and Bardryn does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. After a long history of fighting, Bardryn and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 40 gp. Jet (130 gp).

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and she perpetually has her spear ready. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor and is in decent physical shape. Her fur is gray and very short. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tabaxi in existence. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.