Description: This northern man tends to wear a large pastel jacket. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 left for the north, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. His purple hair is heavily combed to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Morthos is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Morthos has worked very hard to control his curse. 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; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Azurite (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is black and very short. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull violet iron scale mail, and carries flails. His gray fur is long and unkept. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His silver hair is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Astar grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Astar. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1200 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.