Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Maegan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Maegan grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Maegan was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp. White pearl (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He has a hunchback. His brown hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise black.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Jasper (70 gp). Amber (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: This woman wears a red collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her black hair is still thick. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with her Bounty Hunter father left her crippled. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is typically in her Mortician uniform. She carries with her a set of scimitars, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Makaria was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Makaria abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She struck the Mortician job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: 3'3" and muscular, this southern man likes to wear white tank tops with tan pants. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her scarlet crest is matted, messy, and big. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eggren studied abroad. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: She usually wears her brown robe and has her longbow always slung over her shoulder. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longbows and sickles. Her fur is cinnamon, silky, and of moderate length. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a Glassblower, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Right-Handed was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Right-Handed decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1200 sp. Pink pearl (160 gp). Jet (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears an entirely white suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and revenge

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Miller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his brown hair down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.