Description: This light-skinned male does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ogbur grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Commoner who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Malachite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a tan tunic with pastel highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has chestnut hair. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Nyx enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Nyx has worked very hard to control her curse. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in the south. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She bought a longbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To protect her home; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Jade (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with grey slacks. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. After a long history of fighting, Faran and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.