Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears a red coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He has a hunchback. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears just a yellow suit. He wears his rusty crest up. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a Weaver, his father struggled to pay the bills. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 sp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is a Deep Scion in disguise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 140 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is an amazing painter.

History: Hadarai was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 900 sp.