Description: This southern man dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with yellow slacks. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length cinnamon fur. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Tree hails from a village terrorized by giants. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Merchant. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. The war was a terrible time for him, and Thradal does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'6" when asserting himself. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He tends to his Barber job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His black hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Fonkin was born the youngest of three triplets. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Dilettante. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mercenary they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Dilettante, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Family, Job, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.