Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a red and blue handkerchief worn on her left side. She carries with her a set of bows on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Portia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This light-skinned female is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Lilli was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Bather, but she got bored and became a Assassin. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp).

Description: He wears a red costume with the symbols of his god on his torso, and carries monstrous two handed axes. He has moderate length black hair. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears his purple hair up. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: He is a Mayor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and balancing his hectic life and new mayor responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Being a Sellsword 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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Eye agate (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He wears his white hair up. His ears are large.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Fletcher. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Fletcher for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Performer. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 26000 sp.