Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her first spouse was a Miller, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He wears a white shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and yellow pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. White pearl (110 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Stylist; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His white crest is smooth and relatively long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Rinn lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 3'3" and muscular, this southern man wears a simple blue robe with black stripes complete with hood. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a Apothecary, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ortegar embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. A true patriot, Ortegar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ortegar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: Jabbie was born with his mother's beautiful face. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

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

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.