Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her green crest is still thick. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Masseuse profession.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: An older woman who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat, she is not a threatening figure. Her orange fur is still thick. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born in the south to a Guard, Art learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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 Guard. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 3'3", this woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a white and tan robe with the hood down. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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: He was born in a small desert village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a whip and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 130 gp. Amethyst (100 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears an entirely white suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. With bright chestnut hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

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 a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Myria was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Interpreter and found it very stressful. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Interpreter responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 sp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 4 Antitoxin.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His hair is cut close to his head. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He got into the Mason business at a young age. Gimurt abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and 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

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

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

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Krimmon was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1500 sp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He has brown eyes and a red hat with a tan feather.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Nil is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 sp.