Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She carries with her a set of shortbows, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her fur, while still mostly beige, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She found a children's book about a Tabaxi 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 has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She likes to wear blue tank tops with yellow skirt. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shepherd. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Valanthe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Valanthe was born the youngest of three triplets. Valanthe liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a sai and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and carries warhammers. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is content

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 sp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Slave Trader. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has worked as a Blacksmith like her mother before her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 260 gp. Rose (40 gp). Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears professional attire. With wild auburn hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 110 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'9". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Verna isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a Sailor, her father struggled to pay the bills. She worked as a nervous Fisher and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fisher for hire.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A 3'11" northern man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.