Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She wears a red coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. With wild red hair. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Riswynn and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the west to a Courier, Felosial learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Virra hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull brown iron scale mail. With bright golden hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Yebe is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She tends to her Actor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

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

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 240 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a Barrister, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Jasper (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he usually wears his white robe and has his nunchaku always slung over his shoulder, and is pretty ugly. He wears his chestnut hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 50000 cp. Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her white hair is cut short. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has shaved his head bald. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.