Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bûbol grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Bûbol abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Coral (130 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is dressed in an above average manner. He wears his rusty crest down. He is baby faced.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 east. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Sard (50 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Jet (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is light but he possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, pastel shirt, and black tie. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He wears his bronze crest up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Jet (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Rose (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears dull white sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed mace, just in case, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Maegan was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 pp. Hematite (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Rose (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is purple and curly. His black eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Astar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Servant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Servant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Astar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 10000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp).