Description: This man stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a green coat with blue slacks. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Paelias abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Jasper (60 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a pastel collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He keeps his long gray fur kept up in a rat tail. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Skirt and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Elysande lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His red hair is thinning but still full. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 pp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.