Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Burto abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Red garnet (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Sard (40 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is auburn and curly. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Oskar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Oskar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Oskar was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Oskar decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 32000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He is wearing a long, yellow cloak. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of a Knight, who enjoyed hunting, Quarion was taken on many hunting expeditions. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Half-Plate.