Description: This woman is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her purple hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has black eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Shax is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Shax was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Mercenary, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy gold crest. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He has a hunchback. His crest is short and gold. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and white handkerchief worn on her right side. She carries a battered greataxe and tarnished shield as well. She has styled her dark red hair well, parting it to the right. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Detective and was forced into it by her family; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Shipwright does. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Menny lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She found a children's book about a Gnome Commoner who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this northern man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Burto was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 330 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.