Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and is pretty ugly. His white crest is thinning but still full. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a Server, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His hair is red and curly. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Morgran is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: To share knowledge with the world; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He prefers to wear flannel. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Pikar was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Scribe. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He stands about 3'6" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Slave Trader who has hired him part-time. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born in the west to a Slave Trader, Paggen learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He became a Slave Trader soon after.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and shortspears. His orange fur is heavily combed to the right. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of a Body Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Smoking was taken on many hunting expeditions. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.