Description: Standing 5'10", this man wears yellow trousers with violet and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has moderate length black hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Peren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Peren was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A 6'1" western man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has moderate length black crest. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 sp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp).

Description: This woman wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her ears are large.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Balifra embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a Knight, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When Balifra reached her early adolescence her Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His white hair is thinning but still full. He has blue eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Anverth lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has achieved small success as a Ruler.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1000 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She sports a flattop crest cut. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Findex was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: 5'5" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. Her hair is white and curly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

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 Fletcher. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fletcher for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 sp. 4 Smokesticks.