Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He found a children's book about a Halfling Cleric who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Slave Trader. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears a colorful flower in her gray fur. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Guard but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born into a rich family. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. She has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: She is greedy; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 sp. White pearl (160 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Sage. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. A gifted student she started as a Painter, but she got bored and became a Sage. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 40 gp. Amber (40 gp).

Description: A 2'10" southern man, he wears an entirely white suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Corkitron isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. 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: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Rose (70 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing a long, black cloak. Her crest is silver, silky, and of moderate length. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bricklayer. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp.