Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His crest is green and curly. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Mreksh was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1100 pp. Moonstone (70 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). White opal (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries with her a set of rapiers, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her chestnut hair down. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Helja grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Helja. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears red trousers with brown and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a Priest, his mother struggled to pay the bills. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries lances. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has amber eyes and a red hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is a Healer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ghaliver grew up listening to his father's many stories. 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 Healer. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has styled his scarlet crest well, parting it to the right. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. 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: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1100 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Coral (40 gp).

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a white and red robe with the hood down. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born in the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she dresses like a well dressed Soapmaker does. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Soapmaker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Soapmaker. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Soapmaker for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 90 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man wears a green shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and pastel pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. He keeps his purple hair in a flapper bob. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Locksmith who has hired him part-time. Andram enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).