Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His hair is black and curly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, black shirt, and red tie. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Sumnes was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 south. She's also a talented Doctor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a quarterstaff on her belt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her golden hair is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Thodris was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thodris fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and white handkerchief worn on his right side. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Carter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull brown iron scale mail. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Lavinia embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. 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-brother.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After a long history of fighting, Lavinia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her hammer with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has taken up work as a Sellsword and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 320 gp. Jasper (40 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is portly but not overly obese. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Engraver. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Fenriz was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'2". She wears professional attire. With bright golden hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Persistence, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Obsidian (11 gp). Eye agate (11 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 rags and sports a simple walking cane. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He got into the Layabout business at a young age. 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 Layabout. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 sp.