Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Joser lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a green vest and prefers black and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His dark red hair is knotted and matted. His red eyes peer out from beneath his top green hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. 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: Andram was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Engraver. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Engraver.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 46000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'4" and dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shipwright. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears his silver hair up. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: The child of a Detective, who enjoyed hunting, Marbas was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents enrolled him in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Antitoxin. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Glassblower does, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'2" when asserting herself. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Eridred was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes. She carries with her a set of spears, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is short and white. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a Miner, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Greedy, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student she started as a Stableman, but she got bored and became a Locksmith. She has achieved small success as a Locksmith.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Black opal (400 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.