Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Quilla will drive conversation. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, In love, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Raspy

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

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He has a very tight haircut. He is baby faced.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His black hair is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Hobart embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Hobart was born the youngest of three triplets. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 10000 cp. Malachite (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. Her white fur, when down, is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in the north to a Cartwright, Elegant learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Elegant liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her golden hair is still thick. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3100 sp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ernest is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born into a rich family. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Enna was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Spy. She became a Spy soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spy responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1100 gp. Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A powerful brothel owner 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 has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 13000 cp.