Description: This slender woman stands about 3'9". She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her hair is short and brown. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Falkrunn grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Rose (70 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears baggy green pantaloons and a pastel scarf and is in decent physical shape. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length blue hair. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Akta enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She saw the violence of war and the aftermath so she converted to religion and dedicated herself to non-violence.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it, and carries monstrous two handed axes. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is portly but not overly obese. She sports a flattop hair cut. 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 is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the south to a Herbalist, Wella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Herbalist.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a bather again

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac, Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available she will default to her shortspear. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden pearl (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Paelias was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sculptor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Forgetful. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.