Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Paela embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a Animal Trainer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her first spouse was a Animal Trainer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gifted student he started as a Marshal, but he got bored and became a Shepherd. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Being a Doctor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears his silver hair up. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a Tanner, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to be a tanner again

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When William reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a white armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. She has slicked back chestnut hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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, Lidda is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp).

Description: She wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sword, but if one is not available she will default to her spear. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Banker. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Banker for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his long bronze crest kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Interpreter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Mehen lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Interpreter for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She has brown fur. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Great hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Great alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 240 gp.