Description: A 4'9" eastern man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Aust 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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a brown shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His hair is auburn and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Norman was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He bought a trident and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: He wears a brown tunic with green highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is physically well-built. His brown fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Crown-heir for hire.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear yellow tank tops with black skirt. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Knight.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: This eastern woman wears an entirely green suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. She is physically well-built. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. 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: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears just a brown suit. His silver hair is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in the east. 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 700 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She has a hunchback. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Luthra wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Luthra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Tourmaline (130 gp).