Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. 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's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a bow on her belt. She has no hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Syllin was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Gifted from a young age, Andraste studied abroad. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Baker. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears long strands of sapphire and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his white hair down. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears baggy black pantaloons and a tan scarf. His blue hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 20 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Banded mail.