Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a hunchback. His red hair is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Healer mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 12000 cp. Smoky quartz (40 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and whips. His blue crest is greasy and uncared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this northern man wears a worn and beaten armor. He sports a flattop crest cut. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Rhogar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Map Maker. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Amber (80 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 a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a longbow on his belt. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Gardain lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fisher and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. His red fur is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Slave, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears baggy white pantaloons and a tan scarf. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears an eyepatch.

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 is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born in the west. His first spouse was a Tanner, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. She has wavy blue hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Shava is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student she started as a Fisher, but she got bored and became a Bather. She tends to her Bather job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears grey trousers with tan and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Bertram was born the youngest of three triplets. Bertram 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. He bought a shield and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Slave Trader and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ivellios grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ivellios. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp).