Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. His hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. He has green eyes and a blue hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Kipper has worked very hard to control his curse. 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 seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is silver and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She prefers to wear flannel. Her blue crest is braided into rings. She has red eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gifted student she started as a Bather, but she got bored and became a Seamstress. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Dondon isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dondon studied abroad. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Interpreter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Barkeep. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is physically well-built. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Umpen was born with his mother's beautiful face. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Umpen has worked very hard to control his curse. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her long blue hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with her Servant father left her crippled. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp.