Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She carries with her a set of kukris, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is brown and very short. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amber (90 gp). Coral (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'11" when asserting herself. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ownka was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Through the years after Ownka was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ownka's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This dark-skinned male has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the south to a Sellsword, Himo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her mace with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her auburn hair is still thick. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Seraphina was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Seraphina decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: Gomory is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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, Gomory 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. A freak accident while working with her Unemployed father left her crippled. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 24000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 210 pp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.