Description: He wears a red coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He carries with him a set of maces, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has moderate length red hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ortegar embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Azurite (12 gp).

Description: He wears a white coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He is portly but not overly obese. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He takes great joy in being the best Assassin in town.

History: Burto was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 Assassin. He has worked as a Assassin like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is physically well-built. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Gimgen reached his early adolescence his Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp. Hematite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Amethyst (60 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Locksmith, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'10" when asserting himself. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Thomas was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Euron is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His parents enrolled him in a Warrior school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He is a Hag in disguise. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and 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

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 20 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses like a well dressed Glassblower does. Her hair is short and blonde. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Georgina isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: The child of a Apothecary, who enjoyed hunting, Georgina was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Glassblower.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 10000 sp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Leshanna was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp).