Description: This malnourished man wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His hair is short and auburn. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Beiro was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Priest hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Beiro and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He has no hair. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: Thervan hails from a village terrorized by drow. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting drow, the young Thervan began to lead the lost caravan. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Revenge; and to be a junk dealer again

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Adran lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'1" and wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. His brown hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gifted student he started as a Locksmith, but he got bored and became a Spy. He's also a talented Locksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'1" and wears just a violet suit. His head has been shaved. His ears are large.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp.