Description: This light-skinned female prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Alain embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. After a long history of fighting, Alain and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 120 pp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She tends to wear a large blue jacket. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Whispers

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

Description: This man wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: 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; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She 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. She has shaved her head bald. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Anne was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 12th 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. Her orange fur is still thick. Her eyes are copper.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Drifting 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. She has done her best to style her white fur to look like a famous performer. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 93. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. A true patriot, Left-Handed would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. Moonstone (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she likes to wear tan tank tops with grey skirt. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Assassin work with an outfit from a few towns over. Assassin work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has worked as a Assassin like her father before her.

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

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an entirely white suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has no hair. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her blue hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.