Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Faran embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. 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 to a criminal king-pin and mafia family From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. After a long history of fighting, Faran and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 gp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses like a well dressed Baker does. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in the east to a Baker, Ridaro learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Baker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, brown shirt, and black tie. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Vaina has worked very hard to control her curse. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 6000 cp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he tends to wear a large brown jacket. His hair is silver and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Masseuse and was forced into it by his family; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Nature, Has a crush, Debt. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears bulky white painted plate armor. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Watson was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, tan cloak. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a Courier first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Born in the east to a Courier, Tippletoe learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she's in love

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: White pearl (60 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a violet tunic with brown highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this southern woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her golden hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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 was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair is braided into rings. He has amber eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Gilbert hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Gilbert lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 150 gp.