Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has styled her blue crest well, parting it to the right. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She got into the Herbalist business at a young age. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Havilar took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up whip and armor she uses now. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1400 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her long brass crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Blacksmith but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Tatyan hails from a village terrorized by orcs. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Enemies, In love, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Verna alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She tends to her Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Hubert was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Hubert was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Banded mail.