Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 sp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. His tied-back hair is red. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He is physically well-built. His hair is black and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Priest arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Priest for the past few years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and expand his business

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 sp. Citrine (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. He has moderate length red hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Shy, Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 210 pp. Red spinel (110 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Baern embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 70 pp.