Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This northern man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Mortician, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student he started as a Mortician, but he got bored and became a Masseuse. He struck the Masseuse job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and he perpetually has his axe ready. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: John lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her white hair is lengthy. She has amber eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She worked as a nervous Masseuse and found it very stressful. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and expand her business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.