Description: 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 skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with his Bookbinder mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and morningstars. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Spice Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is blonde and very short. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Barber but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rolf grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: 2'8" and muscular, this western woman wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available she will default to her shortspear. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her small white hat.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Tailor, and carries quarterstaffs. He has cinnamon fur. His eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Insane, PTSD, Mundane. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1 Masterwork manacles.