Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. She carries with her a set of greataxes, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Agatha was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Soapmaker, but she got bored and became a Bellfounder. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sybil lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Priest; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He sports a flattop fur cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 20. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Shadow and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants and is in decent physical shape. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Tenena isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. 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 was born into a rich family. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 11000 cp. Black opal (900 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: This woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her long blue hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. He is portly but not overly obese. He has wavy scarlet crest. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents enrolled him in a Expert school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: This malnourished man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. His crest is red, silky, and of moderate length. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Magnifying glass.