Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Jak embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Jak was born the youngest of three triplets. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 90000 cp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Jade (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has achieved small success as a Mason.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Addict, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Engraver who has hired her part-time. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Margery was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Margery decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She likes to wear grey tank tops with black skirt. Her silver hair is cut short. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Through the years after Azaki was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Azaki's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Coral (80 gp).

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a green and grey robe with the hood down. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her blue hair up. She has gold eyes and a green hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Akta took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is greedy; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 31000 sp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head and is in decent physical shape. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Ubada's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She takes great joy in being the best Junk Dealer in town.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She's also a talented Fortune-teller, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 gp.