Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is an amazing painter.

History: Ubada hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 39000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a simple black robe with green stripes complete with hood. She carries a battered shortspear and tarnished halberd as well. Her blue crest is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gilkass fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1100 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He got into the Beggar business at a young age. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Beggar responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has styled his rusty crest well, parting it to the right. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Arjhan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Breastplate.