Description: This light-skinned male wears a worn and beaten armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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 music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: A small bag of saffron. (70 gp).

Description: He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 80 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Nija is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears just a red suit. His brown hair is long and unkept. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Curran embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 60 gp.