Description: He is a mite stocky and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with his Guard mother left him crippled. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp).

Description: She wears a black tunic with blue highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is red and very short. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She got into the Knight business at a young age. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears skinny pants and wears a white and tan robe with the hood down. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Nybarg enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Expand his business; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp).