Description: A 3'4" northern man, he wears skinny pants and wears a black and blue robe with the hood down. His black hair is braided into rings. 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 has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student he started as a Spice Merchant, but he got bored and became a Shoemaker. He has worked as a Shoemaker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown vest and prefers tan and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Calcitro was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Performer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His yellow fur is greasy and uncared for. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Black pearl (1100 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has done his best to style his bronze crest to look like a famous performer. He is baby faced.

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. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Torinn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Performer and was forced into it by his family; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp).