Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tattered old clothes. He has moderate length red hair. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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: Hoshû was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tan vest and prefers brown and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has moderate length golden hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 60 gp. Amber (70 gp).

Description: 5'10" and muscular, this southern woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, black shirt, and violet tie. She keeps her long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. White pearl (40 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears baggy violet pantaloons and a grey scarf. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this northern man wears a pastel collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His brown fur is still thick. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tricking 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: Athletic, Joker, Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bastard sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.