Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: This northern woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a Masseuse, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to protect her home

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Unemployed. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Unemployed, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His black hair is still thick. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Whurbin is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Whurbin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Stableman and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and expand his business

Ideals: Extrovert, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a white costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She has no hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear grey tank tops with white pants. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Through the years after Solomon was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Solomon's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her lance with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Naivara was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to be a blacksmith again

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her skin is flawless and her white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. 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: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ishte never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 cp.