Description: He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. The war was a terrible time for him, and Zepar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Junk Dealer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Junk Dealer for hire.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 16000 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a red shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. He has achieved small success as a Stylist.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Malachite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'2" northern man, he wears tattered old clothes. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His childhood dream was to be a Blacksmith, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Cartwright job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2600 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Coral (100 gp). Jade (100 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Traulam was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Traulam's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 180 pp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His fur is orange and very short. His copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 20000 cp. Malachite (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Jasper (40 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Alston was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Crown-heir. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and doesn't want to be a crown-heir and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears professional attire. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of a Dilettante, who enjoyed hunting, Kody was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 110 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp).