Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is dark but she possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Gaaki was born with her father's beautiful face. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 sp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: Standing 6'3", this woman prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Shautha never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, In love, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Azurite (11 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her brown hair is well kept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Geva's homeland. Geva decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and grey pants. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Bricklayer profession.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Through the years after Himo was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Himo's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Himo and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: The child of a Jeweler, who enjoyed hunting, Traki was taken on many hunting expeditions. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Traki's homeland. Traki decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Traki fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Fallond took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.