Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Cartwright. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has achieved small success as a Cartwright.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cartwright responsibilities is difficult; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her hair is brown and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Beggar, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a Map Maker, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Knight hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Jade (40 gp).

Description: She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She carries with her a set of tridents on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her purple hair is lengthy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Astaro was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Server

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is an epitome of beauty. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Bhevek is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. After coming to the age of reason, Bhevek took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Fire opal (600 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Jasper (50 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her silver hair is cut short. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. 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. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 12000 cp. White opal (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'2". He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, and his gloved hand is found clutching a whip. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Hoglik was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with his Sage father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 gp.