Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This malnourished man wears bulky red painted plate armor. He has moderate length brown hair. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. 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: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Layabout, but he got bored and became a Fortune-teller. He struck the Fortune-teller job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This man is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and black tie. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mercenary business.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length cinnamon fur. Her eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Leaf fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a red feather.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Engraver but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. After a long history of fighting, Thorpe and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears professional attire. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Crown-heir who has hired her part-time. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and revenge

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. Jet (60 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and carries hand crossbows. Her black fur is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and doesn't want to be a barrister and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 70 gp. Jade (140 gp).