Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and she perpetually has her greatsword ready. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines silver.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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 born at the edge of vast mountains. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Astaro alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A 3'9" northern woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has gray eyes and a grey hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in the north to a Butcher, Thodris learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She tends to her Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Butcher responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her orange fur is smooth and relatively long. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She takes great joy in being the best Masseuse in town.

History: Born in the north to a Masseuse, Art learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Carnelian (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large blue jacket, and carries ceremonial daggers. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He tends to his Map Maker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Forgetful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 sp. Amethyst (150 gp). Rose (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Azurite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His rusty crest is unkempt and raggedy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Medrash was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Stacee isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Stacee has worked very hard to control her curse. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Stacee was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Coral (140 gp).

Description: He wears black trousers with blue and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He carries with him a set of falchions on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His crest is bronze and very short. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Healer. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Malachite (6 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She prefers to wear flannel. Her crest is black and curly. She has gold eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Synthrin was born the youngest of three triplets. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Roofer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Roofer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. After a long history of fighting, Synthrin and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and balancing her hectic life and new roofer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Family, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has gray fur. Her eyes are green.

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. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Smoking was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 160 gp.