Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His silver hair is braided into rings. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A freak accident while working with his Beggar mother left him crippled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 2'10" and wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has wavy white hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Euphemia reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Forgetful, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 20 gp. Iolite (80 gp).

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this northern man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has no crest. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Ildrex enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Hedonist. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30 gp. Peridot (80 gp).

Description: A 4'10" eastern man, he is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gardain does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gardain was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears bulky blue painted plate armor. She has moderate length brown hair. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her golden hair down. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears a colorful flower in her blue hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Kali was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Kali's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.