Description: This eastern man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, black shirt, and tan tie. His black hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Damien reached his early adolescence his Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. After a long history of fighting, Damien and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Amber (70 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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: Marbas was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a fletcher and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brown hair is long and unkept. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He uses divination through singing.

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. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Black opal (1500 gp). Pink diamond (3000 gp). Coral (50 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Sard (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. After a long history of fighting, Erdan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Silver ewer (40 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull black iron scale mail. His hair is short and red. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Retire the richest man in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Harbek was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Adventurer. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp).