Description: He wears baggy violet pantaloons and a tan scarf. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Roland grew up listening to his father's many stories. A freak accident while working with his Ploughman father left him crippled. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: An older woman who is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, yellow shirt, and white tie, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Layabout mother left her crippled. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. Her scarlet crest is heavily combed to the right. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: The child of a Actor, who enjoyed hunting, Jheri was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Hematite (9 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his greataxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Paymon was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Azurite (6 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).