Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He sports a flattop hair cut. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has worked as a Fletcher like his father before him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 900 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her ears are large.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with her Junk Dealer father left her crippled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. She has red eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Akra was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She stands about 4'8" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has wavy red hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Neega fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's also a talented Shepherd, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. She has moderate length black fur. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Silent abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and human compassion

Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.