Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her white fur is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Stableman. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Stableman for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 360 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). White pearl (80 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He has wavy bronze crest. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Heskan was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He wears a red tunic with tan highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and longswords. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, In love, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30000 cp. Malachite (14 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a Miller first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Miller for the past few years.

Motivation: She is greedy; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.