Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a violet coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Laborer, who enjoyed hunting, Shump was taken on many hunting expeditions. A freak accident while working with his Laborer father left him crippled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a Courier first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears just a tan suit. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Tod was born with his father's beautiful face. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 60 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp).

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Spy they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Detective, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull white iron scale mail. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a great chef.

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. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp.