Description: He wears professional attire. He is physically well-built. His hair is silver and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Charles was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His first spouse was a Bather, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and doesn't want to be a roofer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp).

Description: An older man who prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts, he is not a threatening figure. His gold crest is braided into rings. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson green hat.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ildrex grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ildrex. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: An older woman who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze, she is not a threatening figure. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thiala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Amber (150 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is portly but not overly obese. He has brown hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the west. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Fire opal (1200 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple green robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His crest, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.