Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tattered old clothes. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Hupe embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Hupe and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 pp. Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing a long, white cloak. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Oren is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Carpenter soon after.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 7000 gp. Amethyst (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). White opal (700 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Blacksmith. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature glaive.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: The child of a Hunter, who enjoyed hunting, Nirgel was taken on many hunting expeditions. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. With bright auburn hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. The war was a terrible time for her, and Eran does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. When Eran reached her early adolescence her Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

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

Possessions: 7000 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). White opal (800 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Jet (40 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Jet (40 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her yellow robe. Her hair is blue and very short. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her silver eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 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.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her black fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gifted student she started as a Servant, but she got bored and became a Priest. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 10000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp).