Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has styled his black crest well, parting it to the right. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Direcris was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Direcris was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Crown-heir. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Masseuse they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Crown-heir, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a crown-heir and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears just a white suit. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Knight

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

Possessions: 600 sp. Rose (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is obsessed with his god.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 70 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears dull tan sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shield, just in case. He has brown hair. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He bought a shield and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jane studied abroad. 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 has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her golden hair is well kept. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Antinua will drive conversation. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a hunchback. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, PTSD. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He usually wears his pastel robe and has his hammer always slung over his shoulder. He has gray fur. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. The war was a terrible time for him, and Sun does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Sensitive, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and white handkerchief worn on her right side. Her red hair is still thick. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Shanairla is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 60 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp).