Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a green tunic with blue highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes, and is pretty ugly. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 89. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Barakas lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 pp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To protect her home; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Flaws: Racist, Addict. Bonds: Slave, Military, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Galiena was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 pp. Star ruby (1400 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). White pearl (140 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has achieved small success as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Sard (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Jet (60 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Jade (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull white iron scale mail. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is blonde and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 pp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her black crest is long and unkept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born into a rich family. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 pp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Sard (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Jet (120 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her red hair is long and unkept. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp).