Description: He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants, and carries swords. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a Courier, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is wearing a long, black cloak. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At some point he was captured by brigands and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Revenge; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 8000 sp. Jasper (80 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears bulky black painted plate armor. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nelkin embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He uses divination through singing.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Nelkin was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Nelkin's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Fletcher. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 30000 cp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head and is in decent physical shape. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum 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 Masseuse. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He got into the Barkeep business at a young age. Spring abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.