Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a crossbow, but if one is not available she will default to her mace. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. She has brown eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Tiaathque 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 has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tawna embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Tawna hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Tawna alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Emma is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears just a tan suit. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her hair is short and silver. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in a small island village. Being born in the east, 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 east 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 21000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).