Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'1" and is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Dondon hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Dondon has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 39000 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a green feathered hat and green clothes. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Prâk was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Painter. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple red robe with green stripes complete with hood. He wears his chestnut hair down. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the north. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Tailor for the past few years.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Fibblestib is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).