Description: Standing 4'5", this man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 pp. Fire opal (1400 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a very tight haircut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He works hard and plays hard.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sailor. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Sailor. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She is a Jackalwere in disguise. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has taken up work as a Sailor and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor, and is pretty ugly. His head has been shaved. His ears are large.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Jade (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). White opal (700 gp). White opal (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She prefers to wear flannel. She wears her blonde hair down. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Debt. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Rose (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 2'11" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amber (110 gp). Rose (80 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a green shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has brown hair. His white eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He worked as a nervous Doctor and found it very stressful. He struck the Doctor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).