Description: This slender woman stands about 3'1". She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has shaved her head bald. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nedda isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Body Guard for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears skinny pants and wears a violet and grey robe with the hood down. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a brown shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her black fur is knotted and matted. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She became a Roofer soon after.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a green collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his white 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. 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: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To be a Mason again.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greatswords and halberds. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born in the south. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She usually wears her blue robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving The war was a terrible time for him, and Dworic does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Dworic was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She's also a talented Stylist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 sp. Pink pearl (160 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a white shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the east to a Layabout, Cagak learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Guard, but he got bored and became a Layabout. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Greedy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp).