Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. She has moderate length white hair. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born in the north to a Merchant, Rohesia learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Rohesia was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a white vest and prefers green and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has amber eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gildmak isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, marred by teas. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are gray.

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 is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Ribbles liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Myathethil was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her auburn hair is still thick. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Navigator but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. After a long history of fighting, Ermina and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'2" when asserting herself. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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 in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This western woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2700 sp.