Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear flannel. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Jo abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is brown and very short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Brewer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has styled his white fur well, parting it to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Crowbar.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'0". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and his gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. Through the years after Ortegar was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Ortegar's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She tends to wear a large green jacket, and carries clubs. Her scarlet crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Vezera was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and green handkerchief worn on her right side, marred by beers. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Egelina has worked very hard to control her curse. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears her black crest up. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Aasathra was born with her father's beautiful face. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is cut short. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in a small forest village. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She's also a talented Soapmaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears long strands of ruby and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His yellow fur is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. While he appears to be a normal Tabaxi, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 5000 cp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.