Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He has several tiny amethyst 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 does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Barber arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Emotional, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a yellow tunic with green highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. 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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Roofer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Roofer. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His white hair is still thick. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Alberich was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy yellow fur. She wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes. She has a hunchback. She has done her best to style her yellow fur to look like a famous performer. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Herbalist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. Her red fur is smooth and relatively long. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A 6'6" southern man, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He wears his black crest down. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1300 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).