Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a black and grey robe with the hood down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'7" when asserting himself. His rusty crest is knotted and matted. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shamash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear flannel. Her black hair is lengthy. She has silver eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Markosian never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. White pearl (140 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Jade (140 gp).

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly swords and greatswords. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull white iron scale mail. His brown hair is cut short. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Addict, Antagonistic. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 sp.