Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and black tie. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. His bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Hirrathak is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He got into the Navigator business at a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His ears are large.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2100 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. His hair is long and white with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Heward enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Heward was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

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

Flaws: Secretive, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 120 gp. Onyx (50 gp).