Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his golden hair up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Varis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Varis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Varis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a deep hatred of orcs

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Alexandrite (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Aramil was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His white hair is thinning but still full. He has blue eyes and a red hat with a brown feather.

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. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Bulzo was born the youngest of three triplets. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is typically in her Ruler uniform. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Silgre has worked very hard to control her curse. She tends to her Ruler job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. She became a Painter soon after.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brass crest is lengthy. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. 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: 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. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Kerkad was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Disease, Emotional. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 150 gp.