Description: He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ralf was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Engraver, but he got bored and became a Adventurer. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Adventurer for hire.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 sp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Orsik was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Cartwright. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'4" and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Emerald (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. He wears a pastel shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and tan pants. He has a hunchback. He wears his purple hair up. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Mamnen was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3000 sp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Moss agate (4 gp).