Description: This malnourished woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). White opal (800 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Rose (20 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Obsidian (15 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears baggy white pantaloons and a tan scarf. Her head has been shaved. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Thea embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Deep green spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Coral (100 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Coral (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). White opal (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy gold crest. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a hunchback. She has done her best to style her gold crest to look like a famous performer. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Tailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 17000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'3". He wears skinny pants and wears a tan and white robe with the hood down. His black hair is braided into rings. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. 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 came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Sensitive, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears professional attire. His hair is silver and very short. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Naill was born the youngest of three triplets. When Naill reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 7000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This woman prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Gorga alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 gp.