Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. His hair is silver and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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: Anselm was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a simple black robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. 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: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 3'4", this man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Healer business.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Healer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 sp. Citrine (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Zircon (40 gp). 4 Smokesticks. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Zâthra was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 Miner. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His hair is cut close to his head. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.