Description: She wears a blue vest and prefers red and yellow shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her fur is cinnamon and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Shadow hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Shadow was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is silver and curly. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'1" when asserting himself. He wears his auburn hair down. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Ozyman lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Herbalist; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Cynical, Racist. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has green eyes.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. 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: Traulam lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a yellow collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. A freak accident while working with her Tailor mother left her crippled. She's also a talented Tailor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Brewer business.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: 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; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Aldous was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has achieved small success as a Sage.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 140 gp. Citrine (50 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat, he is not a threatening figure. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Veit alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Veit was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 sp.