Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His orange fur is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He takes great joy in being the best Body Guard in town.

History: Born in the west to a Body Guard, Tree learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Tree took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears dull grey sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. With wild silver hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Oriff was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 250 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She keeps her gold crest in a flapper bob. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born to a Banker, her father struggled to pay the bills. She worked as a nervous Map Maker and found it very stressful. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is chestnut and curly. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she has a crush on the local cook

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears an entirely tan suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. The war was a terrible time for him, and Tharivol does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has a crush on the local bather

Flaws: Depressed, Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. His black hair is long and unkept. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian 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 Heian. Being a Engraver kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Weaver profession.

History: Myria was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Weaver, but she got bored and became a Farmer. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pearl embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Pearl and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her ears are large.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, PTSD, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 80 gp.