Description: This late middle aged woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress) and is in decent physical shape. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Nora was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Blacksmith. 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. Nora fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man usually wears his brown robe and has his axe always slung over his shoulder, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His lavender fur is heavily combed to the left. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are copper.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Cloak lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length rusty crest. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. After coming to the age of reason, Efferil took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. After a long history of fighting, Efferil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 270 pp. Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Red spinel (160 gp).