Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 50 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a red shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Interpreter. She's also a talented Ruler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aelar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Unemployed. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Amnon hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Amnon liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a black shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and black pants. She has wavy brown hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her silver eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Moonstone (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Simple lock. 1 Average lock.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a pastel shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and green pants. He has moderate length black fur. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Cloak is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cloak grew up listening to his father's many stories. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and doesn't want to be a armorer and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 50 gp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.