Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a large green jacket, and is pretty ugly. His brass crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, black shirt, and green tie. He is physically well-built. His hair is silver and curly. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Naill is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. A freak accident while working with his Fisher father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

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 will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is lengthy. 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 has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Cressel was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He tends to his Bounty Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to be a painter again

Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 sp. Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: Meriele was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Adelaide liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. After a long history of fighting, Adelaide and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp. Rose (20 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her brown hair is still thick. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her first spouse was a Bricklayer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. His hair is dark red and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barrister. He's also a talented Barber, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Half-Plate.