Description: She is a husky woman, who wears professional attire. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Markosian was born with her mother's beautiful face. Markosian 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 gp. Fire opal (1200 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is typically in her Shipwright uniform. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to be a bather again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 18000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Quilla hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Blacksmith they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Junk Dealer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Family, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'10". He is wearing a long, yellow cloak. His head has been shaved. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Simon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. Being a Apothecary 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: To get a good night's sleep; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is dressed in earthy colors with a red and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her hair is golden and curly. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was born into a rich family. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'0". She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has silver hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 90 gp. White pearl (90 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Andry 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: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Painter. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.