Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has shaved his head bald. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a Performer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He tends to his Performer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She got into the Cartwright business at a young age. Lidda abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and carries quarterstaffs. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. The war was a terrible time for him, and Frederick does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When Frederick reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Frederick fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a white deerstalker hat and white clothes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Burto is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Burto was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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 desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Extrovert, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Hematite (9 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She is typically in her Merchant uniform. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Through the years after Bendoo was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Bendoo's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 160 pp.