Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has shaved his head bald. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born in a small island village. 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. 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a white tunic with violet highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He feeds upon the attention of others.

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. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a simple blue robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older man who wears a worn and beaten armor, he is not a threatening figure. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a green armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. He wears a colorful flower in his lavender fur. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.