Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears white trousers with violet and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Tanner. Paela is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and to be a server again

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 cp. Moss agate (11 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: He likes to wear white tank tops with black pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly glaives and ceremonial daggers. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He bought a glaive and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She wears a pastel coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. She wears a colorful flower in her beige fur. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Tree lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His first spouse was a Fletcher, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her first spouse was a Bowyer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Birel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Hematite (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Junk Dealer. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Junk Dealer responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is physically well-built. She has wavy black hair. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a Adventurer, her father struggled to pay the bills. Enidda was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Interpreter. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bastard sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Detective profession.

History: Herleva hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Herleva was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She tends to her Body Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears black trousers with brown and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.