Description: This southern woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black fur, when down, is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. River is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: River was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Marshal, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'0" when asserting herself. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her feathered tan hat.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her childhood dream was to be a Ruler, but she was a colossal failure. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic, Addict, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 29000 sp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is blonde and very short. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker yellow hat.

Personality: He is a Navigator first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A freak accident while working with his Courier father left him crippled. He's also a talented Courier, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 sp. Citrine (20 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His white hair is long and unkept. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He found a children's book about a Gnome Commoner 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. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 32000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her brown hair is well kept. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Nikki enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Nikki abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and balancing her hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born in a small island village. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 cp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished bastard sword as well. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. To her fellows she 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: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Traulam was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Theirastra grew up listening to her father's many stories. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Amethyst (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp).