Description: This man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is chestnut and very short. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His red hair is lengthy. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Star rose quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man usually wears his black robe and has his scimitar always slung over his shoulder, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. 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 Mason. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: This late middle aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Secretive, Selfish, Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and carries hand crossbows. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

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

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Black pearl (200 gp).