Description: She wears just a tan suit. Her tied-back hair is red. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was born in the north. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length red crest. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. The war was a terrible time for her, and Tatyan does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 cp. Jade (150 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her cinnamon fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her yellow eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. 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: She got into the Stableman business at a young age. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stableman. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Kasdeya was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Barber. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Family, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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: He was born in the south. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform After a long history of fighting, Hadarai and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her bronze crest down. She has red eyes and a green hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Jheri was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ranala grew up listening to her father's many stories. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 370 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 4 Holy water.

Description: He wears a grey shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job, Debt. Occupation: Server

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 60 gp.