Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are black and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 390 gp. Silver pearl (150 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, black shirt, and white tie. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She struck the Banker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Volen was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a black tunic with blue highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes and is in decent physical shape. Her blue crest is greasy and uncared for. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Barrister father left her crippled. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, black cloak. He wears his bronze crest up. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heskan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heskan. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 12000 sp. Obsidian (10 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.