Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She has styled her silver crest well, parting it to the left. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: Akra was born the youngest of three triplets. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Grigi was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his blonde hair up. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying east to reunite his family. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gormogord 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 a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born in the south. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 40 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: She stands about 3'0" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has no hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 cp. 4 Thunderstones.