Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Lance speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Military, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Star ruby (1300 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large white jacket. He carries with him a set of daggers, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 3000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (11000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with tan slacks. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stylist.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: In love, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her red fur is still thick. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a tan small hat and tan clothes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Immeral was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ortegar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Ortegar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Being a Herbalist kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 27000 sp. Peridot (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp).