Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She carries a battered hammer and tarnished whip as well. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Beggar born in the past three hundred years. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: The child of a Spy, who enjoyed hunting, Gynk was taken on many hunting expeditions. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Beggar. She tends to her Beggar job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Silver pearl (60 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed, Forgetful, Mundane. Occupation: Servant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She is physically well-built. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is a great chef.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has moderate length green crest. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Zedaar was born the youngest of three triplets. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Beggar for the past few years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Beggar and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Jet (110 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull green iron scale mail, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: An older man who wears a blue top hat and blue clothes, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his chestnut hair down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Map Maker profession.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.