Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, marred by beers. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy gray fur. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bellfounder. She has a hunchback. She has styled her gray fur well, parting it to the right. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Skirt lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 Bellfounder. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A 3'3" western man, he wears a red cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Thorpe was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: 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; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Addict, Racist, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She got into the Laborer business at a young age. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She's also a talented Miller, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a brown coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Geva grew up listening to her father's many stories. Geva was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Geva decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; 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: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. He has moderate length silver hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Gifted, Justice, Athletic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. A true patriot, Manfred would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.