Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she usually wears her red robe and has her flail always slung over her shoulder. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Anne embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Religious, In love. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a grey vest and prefers black and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Balifra has worked very hard to control her curse. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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. Bilga fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mason

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

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is chestnut and very short. He has a tattooed face.

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. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Being a Cartwright 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 has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and axes. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born in the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Willow's homeland. Willow decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Being a Locksmith kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He tends to his Assassin job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: An older woman who wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a green scarf, she is not a threatening figure. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born into a rich family. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. She struck the Priest job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She is physically well-built. She wears a colorful flower in her red crest. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and black handkerchief worn on her right side, and she perpetually has her sai ready. Her silver hair is well kept. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 cp.