Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has silver hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 cp. Zircon (20 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

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: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has red hair. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

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 susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Seraphina lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. After a long history of fighting, Seraphina and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. He is portly but not overly obese. He has no hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Wrenn is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Gifted from a young age, Wrenn studied abroad. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bather. He struck the Bather job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and expand his business

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Jet (130 gp).

Description: This woman wears red trousers with white and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mortician. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a Doctor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Actor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He became a Actor soon after.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is golden and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Performer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His bronze crest is thinning but still full. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Fax lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 140 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.