Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a kukri, but if one is not available he will default to his falchion. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Jak embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 110 pp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears bulky white painted plate armor. His crest is silver and curly. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Pijjirik was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Guard. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1800 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Akoth wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Akoth never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Slave, In love. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He is physically well-built. He wears his white hair down. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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 was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Guard arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who usually wears his tan robe and has his falchion always slung over his shoulder. His black hair is long and unkept. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Rael wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Cleric, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: The child of a Shipwright, who enjoyed hunting, Rael was taken on many hunting expeditions. Rael liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Layabout and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp.