Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'2" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to pay off his debts

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Sard (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bowyer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp).

Description: 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 is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly daggers and crossbows. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gynk 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 Gynk. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 60 pp.