Description: He is scrawny and has patchy gray fur. He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. He has a hunchback. He keeps his gray fur in a flapper bob. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mason business.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Flame was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mason. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Flame fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He has shaved his head bald. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Kipper was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 120 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears dull white sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Purban lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1400 sp. 3 Holy water.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a mace on her belt. Her white crest is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the north to a Miner, Saphara learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She tends to her Miner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears brown trousers with blue and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Being a Butcher kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her red crest up. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears an entirely green suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her silver crest is smooth and relatively long. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her small green hat.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Biri was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Biri has worked very hard to control her curse. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He got into the Jeweler business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Jeweler for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Jeweler responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This northern man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His clothes are grease stained in places. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Bernard was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Map Maker. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 sp.