Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her red hair is cut short. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She has achieved small success as a Scribe.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 2'10", this man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His head has been shaved. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ortegar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. 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 would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Jet (120 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Jade (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Jacinth (7000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Crown-heir. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Crown-heir and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (50 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rose (50 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Jade (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears pastel trousers with brown and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her long lavender fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. After coming to the age of reason, Sweet took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'4" when asserting himself. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Latbag grew up listening to his father's many stories. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 11000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp).