Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. His gray fur is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 70. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His fur is beige and very short. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. 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: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Mentor, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1800 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Citrine (50 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears dull brown sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. His clothes are grease stained in places. His gray fur, when down, is lengthy. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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: He was born in the east. Sweet was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Farmer. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. She carries with her a set of ceremonial daggers on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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 however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She bought a ceremonial dagger and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears an entirely red suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has wavy golden hair. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Wella was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 3'1" and wears a red vest and prefers black and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his golden hair down. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Banded agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 sp.