Description: An older man who wears a worn and beaten armor, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nelkin isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Courier business.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 gp. Onyx (80 gp). White opal (400 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. 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 unite with her brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a red collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is an amazing painter.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and blue pants. He has no hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Masseuse born in the past three hundred years. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. After coming to the age of reason, Paggen took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Masseuse.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Masseuse responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Forcas 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 Forcas. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Sard (40 gp).

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Priest does. She wears her auburn hair up. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Felosial was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Greedy, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. Her silver hair is cut short. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Xanaphia has worked very hard to control her curse. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this southern woman likes to wear tan tank tops with pastel skirt. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Birel was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Birel's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Birel and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Disease, Antagonistic. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp.