Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, PTSD, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 130 gp. Iolite (60 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His attire stands in sharp contrast to his greatsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His black hair is long and unkept. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available he will default to his club. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a brown vest and prefers black and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Manfred's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. A true patriot, Manfred would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 60 gp.