Description: This malnourished man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to be a adventurer again

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Coral (100 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Ranger who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Ahvain is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His brown hair is braided into rings. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 68. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Balam enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. Balam 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Rose (20 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Hematite (16 gp).