Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She usually wears her black robe and has her scimitar always slung over her shoulder. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To protect her home; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 80000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a fancy brown dress. She carries with her a set of nunchakus on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She has wavy gray fur. Her copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A freak accident while working with her Armorer mother left her crippled. 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: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He stands about 5'8" and is typically in his Assassin uniform. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has wavy brown hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in the south to a Assassin, Balimaar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. He has shaved his head bald. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: White pearl (70 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small pastel hat.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born in the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the north were limited. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an entirely brown suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has black hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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: Travok lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and doesn't want to be a gardener and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Family, Religious, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'1". She is wearing a long, black cloak, and her gloved hand is found clutching a monstrous two handed axe. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'7" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in the west. Ielenia was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Marshal. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ielenia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To protect her home; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Guardian. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp.