Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern man wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has no crest. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. 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 has worked as a Ploughman like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 80 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older man who is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and grey handkerchief worn on his left side, he is not a threatening figure. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Himo 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 Himo. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is greedy

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Pikar hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 160 gp.