Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tattered old clothes. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pirithin embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Pirithin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 Engraver for the past few years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He carries a battered club and tarnished whip as well. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his youth he was a Scribe, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Jade (100 gp).

Description: Standing 6'3", this man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His rusty crest is braided into rings. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 180 pp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Alberich was born the youngest of three triplets. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 170 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.