Description: He wears professional attire. He carries a battered halberd and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Scribe work with an outfit from a few towns over. Scribe work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Scribe soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. Amethyst (80 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 10000 cp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born in the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a red coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has wavy black hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His first spouse was a Cook, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'2" and wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has brown hair. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Althaea is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her beige fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Sun lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has auburn hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Apothecary. He has achieved small success as a Apothecary.

Motivation: To be a Bather again.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Amethyst (140 gp). 1 Silk rope.