Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is blonde and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Târz was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Târz decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Solid gold idol (200 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He has shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: A deep hatred of brigands; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a pastel wide-brimmed hat and pastel clothes, and is pretty ugly. His fur is red and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Crown-heir for hire.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: This southern woman wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born in a small forest village. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Helen 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 700 sp. Tourmaline (120 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a grey collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Melissa liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and she wants revenge against orcs

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: German accent

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp).