Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. White opal (1300 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Greedy, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is in excellent shape and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears his red hair down. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He takes great joy in being the best Slave Trader in town.

History: Rangrim lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He became a Slave Trader soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is physically well-built. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Laucian enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Elf, 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1100 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).