Description: He stands about 4'11" and wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is cut short. He has gray eyes.

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. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. With wild white hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a yellow coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her black hair is well kept. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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: She comes from a rich southern family. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barrister.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 60 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, 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 brown hair is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Joser isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. Joser is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (160 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs and is in decent physical shape. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She worked as a nervous Map Maker and found it very stressful. She tends to her Map Maker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 130 pp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp).