Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair is still thick. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Roofer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ernest was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1300 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a violet shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Oriel was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Oriel took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up ceremonial dagger and armor she uses now. She bought a ceremonial dagger and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is portly but not overly obese. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a white shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. His long brown fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 10000 gp. White pearl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Eldon 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. Eldon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eldon studied abroad. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears brown trousers with tan and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His orange fur is thinning but still full. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Through the years after Serpent was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Serpent's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1600 pp. Black pearl (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Major magic item.