Description: A moderately attractive man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is short and auburn. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

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. Halimath 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 Halimath. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 6000 sp. Carnelian (60 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Zircon (60 gp).

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Human compassion; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 110 gp. Sard (50 gp).

Description: He stands about 3'0" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He has violet eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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 is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

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 a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 29000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. A true patriot, Aelar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aelar was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 120 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Senteq was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Sellsword. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.