Description: He is lean but muscular and wears yellow trousers with tan and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. Hupe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Hupe took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up bastard sword and armor he uses now. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hupe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 3'1" and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. The war was a terrible time for him, and Oren 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 several months after his mother was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

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

Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 11000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longbows and rapiers. He wears his auburn hair up. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Fargas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Fargas grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Fargas. He has achieved small success as a Dyer.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.