Description: She stands about 5'3" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Melissa isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She takes great joy in being the best Sculptor in town.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sculptor. She's also a talented Apothecary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Apothecary again; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 40 pp. Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Standing 3'4", this man prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. He has no hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He found a children's book about a Halfling Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears tattered old clothes. He has dyed his greying cinnamon fur a little too much giving a sharp cinnamon color. He has a dull look in his copper eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Military, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Tod's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Tod was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor. He wears his golden hair up. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 8000 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; 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: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Doctor who has hired her part-time. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Caelynn hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.