Description: This light-skinned male is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Roge embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This light-skinned female is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is a Locksmith first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Oriff was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has worked as a Locksmith like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

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

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Beggar and was forced into it by her family; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a large tan jacket, and she perpetually has her sai ready. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Loopmottin grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 cp. Moonstone (30 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Heian embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in the south. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heian. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amethyst (70 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is lengthy. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp.