Description: Standing 5'7", this man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gruk grew up listening to his father's many stories. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 sp. Hematite (5 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tod fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 20 pp. Amber (150 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with red slacks. He has a hunchback. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vlorn embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His first spouse was a Server, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. After a long history of fighting, Vlorn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and doesn't want to be a farmer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.