Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has moderate length black hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in the north to a Carter, Karash learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a green feather.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a red shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. The war was a terrible time for him, and Elaim does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'1" and wears a blue tunic with brown highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nicholas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Nicholas never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 sp.