Description: 5'4" and muscular, this southern man is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is auburn and curly. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Efferil hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears an entirely white suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and she perpetually has her shortspear ready. Her golden hair is well kept. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Pearl was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 140 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Eida was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Ostracized due to the druidic 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. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears white trousers with brown and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Uthûg was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Uthûg was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Uthûg decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 pp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: This man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Hoglik alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'0". She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: The child of a Butcher, who enjoyed hunting, Jo was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears tattered old clothes. He wears his purple hair down. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Oriax was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Stylist. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Jet (80 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Farmer business.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Fabien 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.