Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1900 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Burgell will drive conversation. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Burgell was born the youngest of three triplets. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 21000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her brown fur is singed and shortened. Her eyes are copper and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Pelt never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

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

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'2". She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her broad white hat.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 7000 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His dark red hair is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Pelaios 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 obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is a Yochlol in disguise. He 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. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 60000 cp.

Description: 6'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has beige fur. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Gynk is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She got into the Guard business at a young age. 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 has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 900 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's in love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.