Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a simple tan robe with white stripes complete with hood. She has no hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. With wild brown hair. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bricklayer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'1". He wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Fisher who has hired him part-time. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. After a long history of fighting, Thradal and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Roofer; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 cp. Amber (140 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears skinny pants and wears a black and tan robe with the hood down. She has shaved her head bald. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gynk was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Obsidian (6 gp). White opal (700 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Dee took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and doesn't want to be a mason and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Standing 6'0", this man wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Percival alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Percival was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Bonds: Guardian, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'6" and wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. After a long history of fighting, Jarsali and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 pp.