Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Altho isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

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

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 40000 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 220 pp. Azurite (15 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Fistula was born the youngest of three triplets. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1200 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has wavy purple hair. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Mormo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greatsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has a very tight haircut. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Gardener.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Smoky quartz (40 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is short and golden. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: Jacoba was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. 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: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 sp. Rose (20 gp). 1 Good lock.