Description: This southern woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her feathered red hat.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She likes to wear tan tank tops with black skirt. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Menny was born the youngest of three triplets. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and doesn't want to be a assassin and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 14000 sp. Banded agate (5 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants, and he perpetually has his sword ready. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Borun grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears baggy green pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her silver crest is matted, messy, and big. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the south to a Weaver, Antrara learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Weaver. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was taken from her home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Kithri and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a worn and beaten armor. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Naal is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Naal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Naal grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Naal. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: 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; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an entirely red suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nelkin studied abroad. He found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp).