Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a very tight haircut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. 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 son.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Tourmaline (50 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a hunchback. His black hair is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 cp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His white fur is braided into rings. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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: He comes from a rich western family. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He's also a talented Mason, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 pp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Amber (60 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Malachite (11 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear flannel, and is pretty ugly. He has done his best to style his red crest to look like a famous performer. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nykkan was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 gp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He wears his black hair down. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Thamior embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp).