Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has moderate length golden hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vorka grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it, and carries nunchakus. Her head has been shaved. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dalaba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 sp. White pearl (140 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 160 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 170 gp. 6 Acid flasks.