Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a fancy green suit. His crest is short and blue. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the north to a Cook, Gorbundus learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cook for the past few years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His auburn hair is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Aerdeth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gifted student he started as a Performer, but he got bored and became a Servant. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 cp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He got into the Hunter business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and to be a servant again

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'7" when asserting herself. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Doctor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has amber eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, William grew up listening to his father's many stories. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 70 gp. 4 Smokesticks.