Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Ostracized due to the druidic 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 now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Hunter responsibilities is difficult; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 2'11", this man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His eyes are blue and catlike.

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. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He is content; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1100 pp. Moonstone (70 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her white fur is knotted and matted. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Ethereal hails from a village terrorized by drow. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ethereal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Sard (20 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Sard (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Joser isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 pp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Iolite (30 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He keeps his white crest in a pixie cut. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Nithther was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nithther fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 4. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and she has a crush on the local glassblower

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 9000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Gold and ruby ring (10000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. After a long history of fighting, Thiala and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and dragonborn compassion

Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic, Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.