Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. His hair is long and red with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is obsessed with his god.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a sellsword again

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Moonstone (50 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His tied-back hair is red. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2100 sp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp).

Description: He wears a tan tunic with green highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries with him a set of bows on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has moderate length golden hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Mayor. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. She is an epitome of beauty. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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. The war was a terrible time for her, and Theirastra does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Theirastra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She prefers to wear flannel. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. 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 Fletcher. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and expand her business

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Tourmaline (130 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he likes to wear white tank tops with pastel pants. His hair is red and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in the south to a Fisher, Ombul learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her crest is copper and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: Eggren was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She carries with her a set of shields, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is silver and curly. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She takes great joy in being the best Barber in town.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Murgen 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 Murgen. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Painter, and is pretty ugly. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Hadwisa hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hadwisa 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 Hadwisa. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.