Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 60 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp).

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 320 pp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: He wears a yellow vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his yellow boots flare out at the collars. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scimitars and clubs. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. He has a hunchback. His hair is short and chestnut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Herbalist who has hired him part-time. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Himo grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He's also a talented Farmer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 sp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Server business.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Marastyr took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up pickaxe and armor she uses now. She bought a pickaxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and scimitars. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a kukri on her belt, marred by teas. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Yvonne 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 Yvonne. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He stands about 2'10" and wears a white cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Gifted from a young age, Purban studied abroad. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Junk Dealer. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Junk Dealer for the past few years.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 60000 cp. Jade (100 gp). Malachite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.