Description: He stands about 3'1" and is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is short and silver. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. Being a Scribe kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'10" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mason. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His orange fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His copper eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears brown trousers with black and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, marred by teas. Her black hair is well kept. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Layabout. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She is baby faced.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Harriet isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Harriet abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A 3'2" southern man, he tends to wear a large white jacket. He has no hair. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His childhood dream was to be a Barkeep, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Barkeep, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His fur is cut close to his head. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Beast is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This western woman wears a tan broad hat and tan clothes. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. 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: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he tends to wear a large tan jacket. His hair is short and white. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Carter who has hired him part-time. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Naal lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Family, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp).