Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Baelitae lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Brewer like her father before her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She usually wears her brown robe and has her warhammer always slung over her shoulder. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Diesa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears bulky white painted plate armor. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Nelkin hails from a village terrorized by goblins. 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. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Drusilia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Sard (60 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Coral (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears his black hair down. He has white eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Barakas was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Barakas's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp).