Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. He is an epitome of beauty. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people.

Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He likes to wear brown tank tops with grey pants. His head has been shaved. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Oskar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Oskar 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Rose (30 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).

Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is portly but not overly obese. He has chestnut hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'1", this man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

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. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and expand his business

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2900 gp. Citrine (70 gp).