Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her crest is green, silky, and of moderate length. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Mijira never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 900 pp. Coral (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears bulky red painted plate armor. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 pp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Rose (50 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Jet (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 5'9" western woman, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Giselle isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Giselle has worked very hard to control her curse. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Soapmaker and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Jet (150 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Rose (70 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Jade (150 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her golden hair is cut short. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Merla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears just a brown suit. His red fur is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Sard (20 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: 6'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His fur is gray and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gale is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 gp. White opal (1600 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.