Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull white iron scale mail. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Tûkâ was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents enrolled him in a Monk school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 140 gp. Jade (60 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He usually wears his blue robe and has his nunchaku always slung over his shoulder. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Paggen lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his copper crest up. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Nithther was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bather. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to orcs.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's also a talented Map Maker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 gp. Amethyst (130 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her black hair is long and unkept. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Marastyr grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A freak accident while working with her Gardener mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerald fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her white crest is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the west to a Crown-heir, Akra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (4 gp).