Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Makaria studied abroad. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Barber responsibilities is difficult; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing. Her lavender fur is unkempt and raggedy. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She was born in the east. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her crest is short and black. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Akra was born with her father's beautiful face. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting dire rats, the young Akra began to lead the lost caravan. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman wears a black cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a warhammer and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. She has red eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Stylist for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stylist responsibilities is difficult.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is cut short. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Dyer. He became a Dyer soon after.

Motivation: To be a Marshal again; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Gifted from a young age, Virra studied abroad. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a crossbow, but if one is not available she will default to her hammer. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nedda embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She got into the Masseuse business at a young age. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (50 gp).