Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp).

Description: He wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He is wearing a long, tan cloak. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished pickaxe as well. He wears his chestnut hair up. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Thorpe isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Guard. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in the east to a Guard, Paelias learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Everard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 90 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.