Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is short and blonde. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Orsik isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 150 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His hair is red and curly. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a violet shirt with thin black vertical stripes and violet pants. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered giants who tried to eat his hand. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Revenge; and to protect his home

Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'3". He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze, and his gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. He has blonde hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Rangrim hails from a village terrorized by giants. His childhood dream was to be a Layabout, but he was a colossal failure. 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: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.