Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'4". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and his gloved hand is found clutching a crossbow. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He uses divination through singing.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Tiefling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tiefling doctor. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 6'3", this man dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. His hair is always cut to a buzz. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Priest and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has a crush on the local dyer

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a white shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. After coming to the age of reason, Chenna took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her scarlet crest is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Jet (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Ortegar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Beggar for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a blue tunic with green highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Aelar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 6000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 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 has a missing right leg. He wears a tan vest and prefers white and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.