Description: He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His dark red hair is matted, messy, and big. His fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

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 refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 190 gp. Coral (150 gp). Peridot (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 3'6" and muscular, this southern man wears a tan vest and prefers white and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy, Impulsive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He stands about 3'1" and wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Howard embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: The child of a Bounty Hunter, who enjoyed hunting, Howard was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a grey shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and tan pants. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Adelard's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. 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, Adelard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Onyx (40 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a black tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length gold crest. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'9". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her golden hair is well kept. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Tordrid will drive conversation. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She got into the Courier business at a young age. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears white trousers with brown and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A 4'10" western woman, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She comes from a rich western family. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Junk Dealer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Beggar, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Howard liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Howard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 190 gp.