Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. Her white hair is braided into rings. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Galiena was born the youngest of three triplets. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Iolite (80 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Rose (80 gp). Jet (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Disciplined, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 9000 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. After a long history of fighting, Peter and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears bulky red painted plate armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is baby faced.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Tod isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Tod was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Adventurer. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a great chef.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 7000 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Coral (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her white hair is braided into rings. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kithri fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Jet (150 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Rose (20 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. His silver hair is long and unkept. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Painter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver pearl (70 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.