Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. 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 is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born to a Navigator, her father struggled to pay the bills. Thodris abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 3'11" and muscular, this western woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her white hair is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: Anbera is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born in the west. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has no hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a great chef.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. 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: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aerdeth was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A 6'1" western woman, she wears tattered old clothes. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She got into the Assassin business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Assassin work with an outfit from a few towns over. Assassin work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He carries with him a set of whips on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His hair is blonde and very short. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He struck the Animal Trainer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 cp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is dressed in earthy colors with a black and green handkerchief worn on his left side. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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 son.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. After coming to the age of reason, Purson took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Baker for the past few years.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears an entirely green suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and is pretty ugly. He wears his silver crest down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sethrekar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp.