Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'4". He wears black trousers with white and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sai. He has wavy auburn hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a blue top hat and blue clothes. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top blue hat.

Personality: Senteq wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Commoner, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Animal Trainer. He became a Animal Trainer soon after.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her white fur is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are copper and beady.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 44. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1600 gp. Amethyst (60 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and yellow handkerchief worn on her left side. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and white handkerchief worn on his left side. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He has white fur. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 130 gp.