Description: 5'0" and muscular, this northern man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has wavy dark red hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Nicor was born with his mother's beautiful face. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he likes to wear pastel tank tops with tan pants. His gray fur, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Shadow was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. 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: Seeks redemption; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His brown hair is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has achieved small success as a Jeweler.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. He has styled his blue hair well, parting it to the right. He is baby faced.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Interpreter. 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 was raised by priests from a young age. He worked as a nervous Interpreter and found it very stressful. He tends to his Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Glassblower. She wears her golden hair down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Soapmaker; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rolen studied abroad. 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 Fortune-teller. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears dull pastel sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shortbow, just in case. His fur is brown and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the east were limited. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Cloak was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Jade (40 gp). Onyx (30 gp).