Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is portly but not overly obese. His brass crest is matted, messy, and big. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Pijjirik is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Pijjirik is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He got into the Guard business at a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He struck the Guard job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. Obsidian (4 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Iolite (60 gp).

Description: A 5'8" northern man, he prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. His fur is cut close to his head. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a pastel Stetson hat and pastel clothes. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tabaxis in Beast's homeland. Beast decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 190 pp. Sard (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has done her best to style her brown fur to look like a famous performer. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Spear is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of a Fortune-teller, who enjoyed hunting, Spear was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Merchant, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a red shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and tan pants. She is an epitome of beauty. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Tyna enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Moss agate (7 gp).