Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Theriatis wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Adept, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He also has developed a complete distrust of the Fortune-teller profession.

History: Theriatis hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Farmer. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Fortune-teller. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears long strands of amber and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Miller. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She struck the Miller job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has a crush on the local hunter

Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 9000 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He comes from a rich western family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Eye agate (8 gp). White opal (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He got into the Bounty Hunter business at a young age. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Eye agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He takes great joy in being the best Merchant in town.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Balimaar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has wavy auburn hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Olunt was born the youngest of three triplets. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Scribe, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She sports a flattop hair cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vlorn embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 17000 sp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.