Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 41. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gruk was born the youngest of three triplets. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bucklal embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man dresses like a well dressed Fortune-teller does. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has achieved small success as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available he will default to his kukri. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Chay hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 900 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he likes to wear violet tank tops with grey pants. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

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 can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Kyle was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Crown-heir. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp).