Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1900 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Burgell will drive conversation. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Burgell was born the youngest of three triplets. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 21000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her brown fur is singed and shortened. Her eyes are copper and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Pelt never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'2". She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her broad white hat.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 7000 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His dark red hair is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Pelaios 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. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is a Yochlol in disguise. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 60000 cp.