Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tattered old clothes. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 cp. Red garnet (100 gp).

Description: She typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Maegan is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Malachite (13 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Adelard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 cp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Glassblower hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: 2'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has achieved small success as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His purple hair is singed and shortened. His white eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Backpack.

Description: A 3'7" western man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 sp.