Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is still thick. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gardain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 30 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He got into the Sage business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep green spinel (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Peridot (70 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'0" and wears a yellow collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a Stylist first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Rinn is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She tends to her Stylist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and sabotage a competitor

Bonds: Job, Family, Religious, In love. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his brass crest up. He is baby faced.

Personality: Baradad wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Aristocrat, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in the west to a Brewer, Baradad learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Baradad 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 Baradad. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Shoemaker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Megged was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Commoner, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Commoner in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 140 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).