Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His red hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 sp. Hematite (16 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Norûk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a tanner again

Ideals: Justice, Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries with him a set of lances, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his youth he was a Armorer, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Spice Merchant and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her golden hair is cut short. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born in the west. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.