Description: He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Ortegar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Ortegar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ortegar was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Military, Debt. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a grey top hat and grey clothes. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the north to a Bookbinder, Vondal learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a Carter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Iolite (20 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is dressed in an above average manner. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A gifted student she started as a Herbalist, but she got bored and became a Barkeep. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Barkeep responsibilities is difficult; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Jet (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze, and carries shortspears. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 80 pp. Moonstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a Armorer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born into a rich family. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Armorer. Being a Armorer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Sardonyx (20 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 tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears his red hair up. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's in love; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Breastplate.