Description: This tall, slender man wears a red cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ortegar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the south. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a whip on his belt. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He has green eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hobart fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortspear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is long and white with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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: Stannor was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Military, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 gp. Obsidian (14 gp).