Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears just a black suit. Her hair is red and curly. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vola embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Vola lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She worked as a nervous Assassin and found it very stressful. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. She has gray eyes and a brown hat with a violet feather.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs and is in decent physical shape. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Paelias hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Paelias abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature falchion.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is physically well-built. She has silver hair. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Ellyjoybell was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Seamstress. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Addict, Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 240 gp.