Description: A 2'10" eastern man, he wears skinny pants and wears a blue and black robe with the hood down. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Halander was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Halander decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Chalcedony (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an entirely blue suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He struck the Ploughman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 15000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His brown hair is lengthy. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bellfounder. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bellfounder.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and revenge

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is typically in his Masseuse uniform. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His brown hair is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He got into the Masseuse business at a young age. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Masseuse for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1300 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Azurite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and pastel pants, and he perpetually has his halberd ready. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in the east to a Sage, Himo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Himo never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).