Description: He likes to wear white tank tops with blue pants. He is physically well-built. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Bookbinder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has worked as a Bookbinder like his mother before him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Tourmaline (120 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Vassago liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a scythe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is violet, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Her childhood dream was to be a Detective, but she was a colossal failure. She became a Banker soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Banker responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love, Nature, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears a red coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He carries with him a set of maces, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has moderate length red hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ortegar embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Azurite (12 gp).