Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Cook born in the past three hundred years. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a tan shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and green pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Tippletoe was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Tippletoe alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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 was raised in a forest tribe. Solomon 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her white hair is lengthy. Her white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His orange fur is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The war was a terrible time for him, and Cloak does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Carter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cloak was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Carter. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1600 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a black armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Kabbarg was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Stylist. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a pastel tunic with blue highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her fur is yellow and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant, Religious, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad yellow hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Roofer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Seamstress, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a seamstress and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

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

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his greataxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.