Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'9" when asserting himself. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker yellow hat.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. Citrine (30 gp). 1 Full Plate.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Shoemaker father left him crippled. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Iolite (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'5" and is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20 pp. Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 4'3" western man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. 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: Thradal lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to be a bookbinder again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Jade (100 gp). Hematite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she usually wears her red robe and has her rapier always slung over her shoulder. She sports red long hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born into a rich family. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat, and he perpetually has his shortbow ready. He keeps his black fur in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Five was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Gold music box (4000 gp).

Description: He wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on his torso, and he perpetually has his whip ready. His fur is red, silky, and of moderate length. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Knight. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He worked as a nervous Knight and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a tan shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and white pants. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She has green eyes.

Personality: Carlin 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. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Ploughman, her father struggled to pay the bills. 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 Tanner. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Tanner for hire.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and expand her business

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears dull green sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed flail, just in case. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.