Description: He wears professional attire. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in a small plains village. When Ortegar reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Jade (160 gp). Amber (160 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His blonde hair is lengthy. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and doesn't want to be a butcher and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man very much looks the part of a Bellfounder and is in decent physical shape. He has white hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He got into the Bellfounder business at a young age. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and blue pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has moderate length black hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears an entirely green suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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 Servant. She struck the Servant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a black collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Heskan was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Moss agate (4 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a green coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her scarlet crest is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 50 pp. Hematite (5 gp). Rose (60 gp). Jet (80 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp).