Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His ears are large.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He bought a pickaxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). 2 Smokesticks.

Description: An older man who very much looks the part of a Mason, he is not a threatening figure. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He got into the Mason business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mason for hire.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. His black hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and 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

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 30 pp.

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. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'11" when asserting herself. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Arara is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Through the years after Arara was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Arara's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.