Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is portly but not overly obese. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. 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. He found a children's book about a Halfling Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. Her head has been shaved. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Professionalism, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red spinel (120 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has black crest. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She takes great joy in being the best Guard in town.

History: Jezean hails from a village terrorized by brigands. 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 Guard. She tends to her Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and expand her business

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3 Thunderstones. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This man likes to wear blue tank tops with pastel pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aust fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Krakhorn is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp).

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is brown and curly. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature club.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Has a crush, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He worked as a nervous Barber and found it very stressful. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and blue robe with the hood down. Her gray fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She is greedy; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a fancy black dress. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has worked as a Tailor like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Jasper (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.