Description: This northern woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Warlock 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has amber eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Elegant was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has slicked back golden hair. She has gray eyes and a red hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Blossom was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mortician. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a pastel costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His fur is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He got into the Guard business at a young age. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing a long, tan cloak. His hair is white and very short. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and to be a ploughman again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. His fur is cinnamon and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Unemployed hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'6" when asserting herself. Her red hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Nissa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This late middle aged man has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is lengthy. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 190 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a worn and beaten armor. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp.