Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a white shirt with thin red vertical stripes and white pants. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Osco embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Osco was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. 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: He's repulsed by the PC; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Borun isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 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 (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 4'11". She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a morningstar on her belt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. She has wavy silver hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Jane hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jane grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Jane abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a hunchback. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1800 pp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Amber (70 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Rose (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this western woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is short and purple. Her eyes are black and beady.

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 is a great chef.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 18000 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished dagger as well. He has a very tight haircut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has achieved small success as a Barkeep.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new barkeep responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has done her best to style her cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. Her ears are large.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Navigator profession.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Spear abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Map Maker for hire.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.