Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a violet costume with the symbols of strength on his torso, marred by sweets. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Kyle and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Fire opal (800 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson red hat.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. She wears her silver hair up. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was born in the south. Eleanor was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Layabout. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is black and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Kâka is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a red and brown robe with the hood down. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion.

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist, Forgetful, Racist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

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

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: She is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Bookbinder. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She struck the Bookbinder job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His hair is brown and curly. He has white eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a actor and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Amber (70 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His silver hair is braided into rings. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Bulzo enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He got into the Spy business at a young age. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spy. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands.

Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp.