Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with black slacks. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Gruk was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a marshal again

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Art was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 4'7" southern woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has slicked back red hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A freak accident while working with her Bather mother left her crippled. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 gp. Iolite (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on his right side, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She carries with her a set of sickles on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

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. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Fletcher. She struck the Fletcher job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 180 pp. Malachite (9 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and he perpetually has his sword ready. His tied-back hair is black. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp).