Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a scythe on his belt. His hair is golden and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: A 3'0" eastern woman, she is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Lidda is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Lidda was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After a long history of fighting, Lidda and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 110 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Gifted from a young age, Fargrim studied abroad. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a grey costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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 served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born in a small island village. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's in love; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is wearing a long, grey cloak. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His black fur is smooth and relatively long. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Silent is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Silent was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Rose (60 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Alain grew up listening to her father's many stories. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp.