Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries a battered rapier and tarnished lance as well. His hair is black and very short. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Nordak was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: He is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted, Persistence, Athletic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30 pp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a halberd on her belt. She carries with her a set of halberds, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Shepherd born in the past three hundred years. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp).