Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull black iron scale mail. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a brown tunic with violet highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To be a Carter again; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2300 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Amber (120 gp).

Description: Standing 6'9", this man wears a green costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has moderate length golden hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Pearl is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pearl fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has wavy white hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 13000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She stands about 3'4" and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. 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: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. 4 Smokesticks. 4 Tanglefoot bags.