Description: He wears a blue shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Qualen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Qualen has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 pp. Moss agate (13 gp). Amber (70 gp). Azurite (13 gp).

Description: A 4'7" eastern woman, she is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her cinnamon fur is thinning but still full. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shifting grew up listening to her mother's many stories. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tabaxi conditions. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Armorer. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He became a Armorer soon after.

Motivation: To be a Performer again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 90000 cp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Tanner. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to be a ploughman again

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 390 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Barber work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barber work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has worked as a Barber like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with green slacks. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and daggers. His crest is copper and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Sethrekar grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Sethrekar. Being a Seamstress 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: Seeks redemption; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He wears green trousers with tan and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has black hair. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his feathered green hat.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.