Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a Dilettante first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Ralf was born the youngest of three triplets. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Barakas was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

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

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Jet (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Faran is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Faran lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 310 gp. Pink pearl (130 gp). Coral (130 gp). Coral (130 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His red hair is thinning but still full. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has money and likes to spend it

Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Smokesticks. 4 Thunderstones. 4 Thunderstones. 5 Acid flasks.