Description: This woman dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Arha hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears bulky white painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is cut short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: Corkitron is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Corkitron was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her fur, while still mostly beige, has prominent grey streaks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Stableman business.

History: Spear was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a simple tan robe with white stripes complete with hood. She has no hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She 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. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She usually wears her tan robe and has her dagger always slung over her shoulder. She is physically well-built. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 900 sp.