Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Valida is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle and is in decent physical shape. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Helgret reached her early adolescence her Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 12000 cp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Crown-heir who has hired her part-time. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. During her travels, Hadwisa and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Hadwisa discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Hadwisa fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she is greedy

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His white hair is cut short. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Animal Trainer. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Animal Trainer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'4". He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Norman was born with his father's beautiful face. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has taken up work as a Bather and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. He wears a colorful flower in his lavender fur. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with white slacks. He carries a battered whip and tarnished scimitar as well. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Jak isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spy business.

History: Jak was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 280 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a simple violet robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a Priest, her father struggled to pay the bills. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Pijjirik was born with his mother's beautiful face. His first spouse was a Laborer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.