Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Good lock.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Astaro has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His ears are large.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Expert 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 8000 gp. White opal (900 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: This northern woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black crest is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ruloth grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She wears her red fur up. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the south. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Being a Barrister kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To protect her home; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 pp. Jade (160 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Sailor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. 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 was born on a small isolated farm. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a halberd and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born in a small forest village. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She bought a sickle and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

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. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Mary was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barkeep.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 sp.