Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 sp. Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His brass crest is braided into rings. His ears are large.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the west to a Ruler, Bidreked learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Bidreked never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Stylist; and to be a stylist again

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 90 gp. Sard (20 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a green feather.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He got into the Navigator business at a young age. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He became a Navigator soon after.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a grey tunic with white highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her head has been shaved. Her ears are large.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. Her hair is silver and curly. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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, Traulam is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Traulam was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Spy. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to protect her home

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is braided into rings. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Oren embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. A true patriot, Oren would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 cp. Rose (50 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'4" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Veloptima hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. After a long history of fighting, Veloptima and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 30 pp. Jade (100 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her blonde hair up. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. After a long history of fighting, Nella and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 sp.