Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

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. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 280 gp. Citrine (70 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top blue hat.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: The child of a Map Maker, who enjoyed hunting, Aust was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Barkeep hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'8" when asserting herself. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Kansif lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To be a Bricklayer again; and many drow want her driven away

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His red hair is braided into rings. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Miller. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the west to a Miller, Peter learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Peter liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 160 gp. Eye agate (10 gp).