Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He carries with him a set of shields on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Taklinn grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Taklinn. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Taklinn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is dressed in an above average manner. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. At some point he was captured by orcs and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Tourmaline (80 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He very much looks the part of a Barber. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barber for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 sp. Malachite (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, white shirt, and black tie. He has silver hair. His ears are large.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Kelter isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Kelter was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp.