Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull black iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His ears are large.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ortegar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

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 hair is brown and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gurdis embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of a Spy, who enjoyed hunting, Gurdis was taken on many hunting expeditions. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His head has been shaved. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Hobart is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: An older woman who wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, she is not a threatening figure. Her black crest has been sun bleached extensively. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She takes great joy in being the best Blacksmith in town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Blacksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is content

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 110 gp.