Description: This late middle aged man wears long strands of ruby and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths and is in decent physical shape. His hair is black and very short. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Tod's homeland. Tod decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His gold crest, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Vrondiss is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His orange fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. A gifted student he started as a Courier, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1300 gp. Rose (20 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp).

Description: Standing 4'11", this woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has shaved her head bald. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 70 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp).