Description: A 3'0" eastern woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is content

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Citrine (70 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Painter. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He got into the Painter business at a young age. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 8000 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.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born in the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a black collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is still thick. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Animal Trainer for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Animal Trainer responsibilities is difficult; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a brown and red robe with the hood down. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 64. 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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Spring never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp).

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blue hair is heavily combed to the right. His white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Detective. He has worked as a Detective like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 pp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Sardonyx (80 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.