Description: 2'11" and muscular, this western woman very much looks the part of a Mortician. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mortician. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'6". He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has taken up work as a Architect and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a red vest and prefers black and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Anne embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She saw the violence of war and the aftermath so she converted to religion and dedicated herself to non-violence.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful, PTSD, Depressed. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in an above average manner, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His brown fur is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: The child of a Fortune-teller, who enjoyed hunting, Shivering was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Shivering never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars and is in decent physical shape. She has wavy blue crest. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Unemployed work with an outfit from a few towns over. Unemployed work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and usually wears his blue robe and has his ceremonial dagger always slung over his shoulder. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

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

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He carries with him a set of greataxes, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His black eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Sellsword. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sellsword arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has chestnut hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Aline was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Tanner. She has worked as a Tanner like her father before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 sp.