Description: She stands about 2'9" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is white and curly. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 6'4" northern man, he wears skinny pants and wears a green and brown robe with the hood down. His gold crest is still thick. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Donaar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. 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: Pennie was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Bonds: Job, Family, Poor, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This woman wears long strands of topaz and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his black hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Purban was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 2 Thunderstones.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Nyx hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Nyx was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nyx decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Bonds: Enemies, Military, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing, and she perpetually has her sword ready. Her red crest is thinning but still full. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: Standing 3'4", this man is typically in his Soapmaker uniform. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in the south to a Soapmaker, Burto learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Burto grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Burto. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Banded mail.