Description: He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly morningstars and kukris. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thoradin 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 Thoradin. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. She keeps her gray fur in a flapper bob. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a grey costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. With bright auburn hair. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. 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: Susannah was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Warlock, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Warlock in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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 has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Addict, Emotional. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She stands about 2'9" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Harriet hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, green cloak. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Gifted from a young age, Morthos studied abroad. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Morthos never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. 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: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Azurite (5 gp). Amber (150 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a fancy green dress. She has purple hair. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Aym was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 110 gp. Eye agate (13 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her crest is silver and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Korinn was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Ploughman. 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.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. He is an epitome of beauty. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp.