Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a black tunic with white highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His blue hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are white and beady.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Cairn was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a navigator again

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished longbow as well. His dark red hair is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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, Oriax is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 pp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. He has gray eyes and a black hat with a yellow feather.

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 able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. 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 was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 8000 gp. Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She got into the Detective business at a young age. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the west to a Butcher, Vilberg learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Vilberg abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has taken up work as a Butcher and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Cynical, PTSD, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 pp. Jasper (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp).

Description: An older woman who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Oda has worked very hard to control her curse. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Rose (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 9000 gp. Coral (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Coral (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Jade (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Blue diamond (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.