Description: This tall, slender man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his golden hair up. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Norûk was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 50 pp. Jade (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly swords and clubs. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Through the years after Hugh was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Hugh's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Rose (40 gp).

Description: She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a violet scarf. She is physically well-built. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Heather lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fortune-teller. She tends to her Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 160 gp. Malachite (4 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Greeba hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Cairn was born the youngest of three triplets. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.