Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a green costume with the symbols of magic on his torso, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has no hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Barakas was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Scribe. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and white handkerchief worn on her left side. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Salanop isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He worked as a nervous Apothecary and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Adventurer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black star sapphire (1400 gp).

Description: She is dressed in a clean green cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: Pyra speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears his golden hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tod embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a tan shirt, with a violet mid length shorts with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Fortune-teller profession.

History: Burgell lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Burgell was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He tends to his Miner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a fancy brown suit. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Bertram took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up longbow and armor he uses now. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Malachite (5 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bricklayer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Spice Merchant, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp).