Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Osco never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 150 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. She has a very tight haircut. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 150 gp. Amber (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has moderate length red hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To protect his home; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She likes to wear tan tank tops with red skirt. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Veloptima fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and he perpetually has his pickaxe ready. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: She stands about 2'9" and wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Georgina reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has a crush on the local bookbinder

Bonds: Family, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Lagazi was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Carpenter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and sports empty pouches on her belt. With bright auburn hair. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

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 now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

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

Possessions: 40 gp. Jade (80 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Astar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 160 gp.