Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries a battered lance and tarnished shortspear as well. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Dean was born with his father's beautiful face. Dean was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Apothecary. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp. Zircon (40 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Art lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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. Art fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, John has worked very hard to control his curse. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. John fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 gp. Rose (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 3'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His hair is cut close to his head. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 30000 cp. Emerald (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He has done his best to style his lavender fur to look like a famous performer. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Detective. He struck the Detective job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Rose (80 gp).