Description: He dresses like a well dressed Apothecary does, and carries pickaxes. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Traki was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has taken up work as a Apothecary and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 sp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with black slacks. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears just a blue suit. She carries with her a set of sais, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She uses divination through singing.

History: Cumpen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has achieved small success as a Apothecary.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 600 pp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. After a long history of fighting, Nurkara and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who usually wears his white robe and has his dagger always slung over his shoulder, he is not a threatening figure. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Damien was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down, and carries halberds. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Vaina is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Vaina was born with her father's beautiful face. One day when Vaina was young, her father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her father dropped to the ground dead. Her father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Vaina was heart-stricken from the event, and her mother started working long hours to provde for them. She bought a halberd and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He has chestnut hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Jet (140 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Riardon was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Riardon decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. Rose (50 gp). Jet (160 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her hair is short and white. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and doesn't want to be a dyer and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Religious, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.