Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she likes to wear brown tank tops with grey skirt. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Bolhild took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Lidda never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; 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: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 60 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are white.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in the east. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears blue trousers with black and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She bought a mace and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Emotional, Racist, Shy. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She is a Lamia in disguise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and she perpetually has her scythe ready. She has white fur. She has yellow eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Kite was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a sage again

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). 1 Smokesticks.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is typically in her Farmer uniform. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. She is baby faced.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Lazy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 sp.