Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has silver hair. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her small brown hat.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Ahlyssa was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the orcs.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His red hair is still thick. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Anverth will drive conversation. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Anverth hails from a village terrorized by giants. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Star ruby (600 gp). Coral (140 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. He has brown eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Naeris alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He very much looks the part of a Guard. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.