Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and carries shields. His hair is brown and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Thorin was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, green shirt, and brown tie. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a great chef.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Glassblower mother left her crippled. After a long history of fighting, Lorilla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a glassblower again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Simon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 gp. Black opal (700 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Azurite (13 gp).