Description: This late middle aged man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rose (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Coral (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp. White pearl (90 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he tends to wear a large blue jacket. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born in the south. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This woman tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her copper crest is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Zykroff was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Zykroff decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1 Average lock.

Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a large pastel jacket. He has wavy lavender fur. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Quillathe isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a black shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. His red crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has red eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.