Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Marbas lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortbow, but if one is not available he will default to his morningstar. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Adventurer profession.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Oskar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Soapmaker. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and many orcs want him driven away

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a violet wide-brimmed hat and violet clothes. His brown hair is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Eiravel was born the youngest of three triplets. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 15000 sp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Assassin they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Carter, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp).