Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Bulzo speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Bulzo was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

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

Possessions: 1600 gp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a red shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Oren embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a longbow, but if one is not available he will default to his sword. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born in the north to a Bookbinder, Arannis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Arannis was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bookbinder. He tends to his Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Jade (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Priest. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gilthur does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gilthur grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Scribe but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Navigator hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 5000 cp. Jet (100 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in the east to a Beggar, Vonana learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 18000 cp.