Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pikar embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'8". She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and her gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Anne was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 320 pp. Malachite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Jade (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, blue shirt, and black tie. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is a Slave Trader first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. A gifted student she started as a Unemployed, but she got bored and became a Slave Trader. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'4" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp.