Description: He wears a simple blue robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He is physically well-built. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nim grew up listening to his father's many stories. When Nim reached his early adolescence his Elf father 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 70 gp. Amber (150 gp).

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her brown fur is heavily combed to the right. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Gardener. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: This woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 40 pp. Hematite (15 gp). 1 Crowbar.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 120 gp. Tourmaline (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. She wears a colorful flower in her cinnamon fur. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Two Llamas was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. After a long history of fighting, Two Llamas and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 40 gp. Moss agate (12 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 2'10". He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is red and curly. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bulzo embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He wears a fancy black suit. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His white eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and green handkerchief worn on his right side, and he perpetually has his sai ready. He has auburn hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Travok speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: Travok was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Travok took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up sai and armor he uses now. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 sp.