Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 110 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with grey slacks. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears bulky grey painted plate armor, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Marshal soon after.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Jet (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and black tie. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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. After a long history of fighting, Katherine and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Uraim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Spy; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 20 pp. Banded agate (11 gp).