Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. A true patriot, Jane would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Jane was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Jane was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a black small hat and black clothes. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Argran was born the youngest of three triplets. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her small white hat.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shortspear, but if one is not available she will default to her shortbow, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Agatha grew up listening to her father's many stories. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing, and he perpetually has his glaive ready. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the east. Rangrim was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Courier. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a white collared shirt and yellow skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She became a Junk Dealer soon after.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 70000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 3'1" and wears a white costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Portia embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Portia is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a grey costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: French accent

Possessions: White pearl (90 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tattered old clothes. Her red crest is singed and shortened. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.