Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and is typically in her Healer uniform. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has chestnut hair. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Healer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Healer and found it very stressful. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a assassin again

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears an entirely green suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Akta was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Akta fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He worked as a nervous Glassblower and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Glassblower for hire.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Junk Dealer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 cp. Jade (70 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his white hair up. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Arannis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a long, blue cloak. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A freak accident while working with his Fortune-teller father left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and sports empty pouches on his belt. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. 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 used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'8" and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 cp.