Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a Bounty Hunter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is auburn and very short. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Tomph was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Tomph's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Tomph and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and grey tie. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his brass crest in a pixie cut. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Gargax speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Salanop grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 310 pp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has auburn hair. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Shanairla abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 700 sp. Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a pastel scarf. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Nutae was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Passionate, Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a pastel vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her pastel boots flare out at the collars. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Fulbar was born the youngest of three triplets. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Expert school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 700 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp).