Description: This woman wears a green small hat and green clothes, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her bronze crest, when down, is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She plays an instrument quite well.

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. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Military, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Amber (70 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He got into the Animal Trainer business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Miner, but he got bored and became a Animal Trainer. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'0" and wears a brown tunic with green highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Theodoric was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and carries bows. His scarlet crest is knotted and matted. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Bharash was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a blue coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Halimath was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Halimath was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Crown-heir. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso, and she perpetually has her crossbow ready. She wears her black fur up. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Shadow hails from a village terrorized by drow. Through the years after Shadow was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Shadow's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1400 gp.