Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, marred by sweets. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

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

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 350 gp. Amber (100 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a Engraver, his father struggled to pay the bills. His first spouse was a Engraver, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bulzo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Healer

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

Possessions: 100 sp. Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a longsword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 sp. Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Bertram was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. 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 comes from a rich western family. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Beatrice alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has shaved her head bald. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Ilanis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Drusilia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Drusilia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears an entirely tan suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Detective.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 330 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Coral (70 gp).