Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise black.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born to a Tanner, his mother struggled to pay the bills. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Sard (30 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has moderate length white hair. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her childhood dream was to be a Baker, but she was a colossal failure. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His gold crest is braided into rings. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Moonstone (50 gp).

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She carries with her a set of halberds, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She sports black long hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he usually wears his pastel robe and has his shield always slung over his shoulder. He wears a colorful flower in his beige fur. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. After coming to the age of reason, Emerald took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.