Description: This man typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Interpreter. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Oskar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Dain speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is an amazing painter.

History: Dain was born with his mother's beautiful face. At some point he was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 gp. Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Roge embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Roge fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp. Black opal (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Emerald (800 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in an above average manner. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp.

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 is typically in his Cartwright uniform. He keeps his beige fur in a pixie cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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 wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.