Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears black trousers with violet and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He sports a flattop crest cut. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear brown tank tops with green skirt. She is portly but not overly obese. She has dyed her greying lavender fur a little too much giving a sharp lavender color. She has yellow eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the west to a Carter, Emerald learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by lycanthropy.

Motivation: She's in love; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'0". He wears a fancy brown suit. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Tanner. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jade (130 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He refers to his adoptive father 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: He comes from a rich northern family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Amethyst (140 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Jade (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy blue suit, and he perpetually has his sickle ready. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Cockaby was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Gerald was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 4'7" and muscular, this northern man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His red hair is singed and shortened. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Amber (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Hematite (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.