Description: He is a husky man, who tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Malachite (8 gp).

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is physically well-built. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Stacee embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears her red hair down. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 2. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born to a Ploughman, her mother struggled to pay the bills. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Helgret never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1600 sp.