Description: She stands about 4'8" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her fur is black, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her copper eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sailor for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sailor responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His gold crest has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Baker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Baker soon after.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 48000 sp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her gray fur down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Beggar kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (15 gp).

Description: She stands about 3'1" and prefers to wear flannel. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her club with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She sports chestnut long hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Loopmottin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times, and he perpetually has his flail ready. His black fur is singed and shortened. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nimble grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nimble fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male dresses like a well dressed Mayor does. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has moderate length white hair. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Wiggan embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He struck the Mayor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Miner for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4 Thunderstones.