Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Halander is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 120 pp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. He carries with him a set of sais on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His hair is black and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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 studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly crossbows and daggers. He has wavy red fur. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sun was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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: Opinionated, Persistence. Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

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. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp).