Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Paelias never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, brown shirt, and white tie. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Gunter hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Through the years after Gunter was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Gunter's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Amber (80 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 3'1" and prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Gifted from a young age, Faran studied abroad. 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His tied-back hair is auburn. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Chad lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. Red spinel (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a white shirt, with a yellow mid length shorts with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Silk rope.