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 blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Stacee will drive conversation. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Stacee was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her youth she was a Carter, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. 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. Stacee fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 140 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp).

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and sports empty pouches on his belt. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. With bright blonde hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 60 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears his chestnut hair up. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Interpreter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Interpreter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 4'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear flannel. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Human culture. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is very fat, and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She keeps her red fur in a pixie cut. Her yellow eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Jade was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Map Maker. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'7" when asserting himself. He has a very tight haircut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At some point he was captured by illithids and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her brown hair up. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 sp.