Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Ortegar has worked very hard to control his curse. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 900 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'1" and is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1700 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. His tied-back hair is brown. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Uthemar embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1900 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Jade (90 gp). Rose (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blue crest, when down, is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 14000 sp. Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Azurite (11 gp).

Description: She stands about 3'0" and wears a tan costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born in the north. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 27000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Fallond is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Sailor, his father struggled to pay the bills. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fletcher. He struck the Fletcher job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 140 gp. Sard (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Az-Adar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the north. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 is greedy; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 30000 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner and is in decent physical shape. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has worked as a Ruler like her mother before her.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 230 pp.