Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has shaved his head bald. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born in a small island village. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Crown-heir. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a white tunic with violet highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He feeds upon the attention of 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. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a simple blue robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older man who wears a worn and beaten armor, he is not a threatening figure. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 9000 sp.