Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born in a small island village. A gifted student she started as a Fisher, but she got bored and became a Butcher. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature glaive.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a brown tunic with red highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Hugolina was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Smokesticks. 1 Everburning torch. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear green tank tops with white pants. His brown hair is braided into rings. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Stableman born in the past three hundred years. He is a great chef.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she tends to wear a large pastel jacket. She wears her orange fur up. She has copper eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Barrister. She struck the Barrister job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a Bookbinder first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the east to a Bookbinder, Nora learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Nora was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 20 pp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears skinny pants and wears a black and white robe with the hood down. Her hair is red and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her first spouse was a Guard, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Lerissa never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and doesn't want to be a mercenary and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is an epitome of beauty. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 50 gp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a Butcher, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Flaws: Racist, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 sp.