Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. He wears his golden hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Hupe embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 7000 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is black and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. Watson is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Watson 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. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He sports a flattop crest cut. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 10000 gp. Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: He wears brown trousers with grey and pastel striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Geoffrey was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Navigator, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. After a long history of fighting, Geoffrey and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'9" and wears bulky violet painted plate armor. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She's also a talented Map Maker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a white vest and prefers pastel and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her golden hair is still thick. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Paela hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Azurite (8 gp). Jade (50 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.