Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears brown trousers with white and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His red hair is still thick. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a grey costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His white hair is cut short. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small violet clips. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears just a brown suit. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 78. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His dark red hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Tethren was born with his mother's beautiful face. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Jeweler business.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 sp. Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Ploughman and found it very stressful. He struck the Ploughman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gildmak embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gildmak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Shax 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. She tends to her Gardener job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and balancing her hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 sp. Hematite (13 gp).