Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She sports a flattop hair cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries a battered longsword and tarnished club as well. She wears her white fur up. Her eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Flame grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 17000 cp. Black pearl (300 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has styled his green crest well, parting it to the left. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Bather profession.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Bather again.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears long strands of amber and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Agnes grew up listening to her father's many stories. She found a children's book about a Human Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 140 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Vola was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her fur is lavender, silky, and of moderate length. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of a Fisher, who enjoyed hunting, Kite was taken on many hunting expeditions. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses like a well dressed Apothecary does. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is long and golden with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. After a long history of fighting, Nelkin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 150 gp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. Being a Map Maker kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 330 gp.