Description: This late middle aged man wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso and is in decent physical shape. He wears his red hair down. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. The war was a terrible time for him, and Astar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Engraver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and he perpetually has his shield ready. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with black slacks. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length yellow fur. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born into a rich family. Flame liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Flame fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 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 keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nelkin embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Brewer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He struck the Brewer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to be a barkeep again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 160 gp.