Description: This man stands a little under 3'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spice Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When Ortegar reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Military, Guardian. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: He wears bulky red painted plate armor. He carries with him a set of shortspears on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a great chef.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Tomi abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Carnelian (40 gp). Amber (150 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tattered old clothes, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Marshal profession.

History: Heian was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Heian never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: In love, Job, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 80 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. His tied-back hair is blonde. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Locksmith. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Locksmith.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 sp. Malachite (4 gp).