Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Engong lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries with him a set of hammers, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Aquamarine (1500 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has white fur. His eyes are copper and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His parents enrolled him in a Barbarian school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 120 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears her red hair down. Her skin is flawless and her silver eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Apothecary, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her first spouse was a Bowyer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. 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: She comes from a rich northern family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears a tan vest and prefers white and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is cut short. She wears an eyepatch.

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. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.