Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. After a long history of fighting, Shaena and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 50 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She usually wears her tan robe and has her shortbow always slung over her shoulder. Her head has been shaved. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length white hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sailor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Markosian liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 900 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her cinnamon fur is singed and shortened. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Shepherd profession.

History: Spring was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Spring 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 found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a simple violet robe with white stripes complete with hood. She has slicked back black hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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 to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. 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 greedy; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. She has a hunchback. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Sutha took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up ceremonial dagger and armor she uses now. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 80 pp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is short and blonde. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 70. 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 is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has wavy white hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 has achieved small success as a Dilettante.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a priest again

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jet (80 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.