Description: He is a husky man, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kelter grew up listening to his father's many stories. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries with him a set of pickaxes, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hobart studied abroad. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 pp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Coral (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, 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 keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Rose (70 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Unemployed. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished shield as well. Her red hair is well kept. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She worked as a nervous Unemployed and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Unemployed.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a warhammer on her belt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has black hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing her hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear flannel, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her long rusty crest kept up in a rat tail. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love, Rich, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp).