Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born in the west to a Bookbinder, Radomir learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her ears are large.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'1" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Trym was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars, and is pretty ugly. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes are black.

Personality: He is a Servant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Tailor; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Rich, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Brakka was born with her mother's beautiful face. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 30000 cp. Amber (80 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Onyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing, he is not a threatening figure. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He got into the Beggar business at a young age. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He tends to his Beggar job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Revenge; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a violet tunic with blue highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Armorer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Jeweler, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Jeweler and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

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

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. His hair is cut close to his head. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dondon studied abroad. He found a children's book about a Halfling Warlock who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 gp.