Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a grey collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is short and black. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker grey hat.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Carter business.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. After coming to the age of reason, Hadwisa took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and spears. His scarlet crest, when down, is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Pandjed speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Pandjed 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 Pandjed. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is content; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, grey shirt, and violet tie, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He bought a shield and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Blue star sapphire (700 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has brown eyes.

Personality: Yurgunn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, marred by sweets. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a grey and black robe with the hood down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Adelard lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He 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. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'8" and wears an entirely violet suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her long blue crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. The war was a terrible time for her, and Mijira does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Mijira was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Mijira's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 140 gp.