Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Simon hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting orcs, the young Simon began to lead the lost caravan. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and 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 very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Himo hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He got into the Seamstress business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Seamstress and found it very stressful. He tends to his Seamstress job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the west to a Weaver, Carrie learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Weaver responsibilities is difficult; and doesn't want to be a weaver and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Merla embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Merla was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Merla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 60 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 700 sp.