Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries with her a set of greatswords, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is well kept. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Joan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Interpreter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Interpreter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a server again

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, In love, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He sports a flattop crest cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Patrin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a fancy black dress. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Her left 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. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Aristocrat who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion.

Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Riardon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Gardener mother left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Depressed, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Sard (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Jade (130 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Server hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Diggory will drive conversation. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Mindartis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Mindartis was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Mindartis's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.