Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in earthy colors with a white and black handkerchief worn on her right side, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has slicked back white hair. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the west to a Blacksmith, Vanchu learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. After a long history of fighting, Vanchu and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Rich, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is long and unkept. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a simple green robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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 money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. He wears his copper crest up. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 sp. Obsidian (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp).

Description: This man wears grey trousers with brown and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is blonde and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Duergath was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bather. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 380 gp. Azurite (5 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a glaive, but if one is not available he will default to his whip. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He has moderate length purple hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Nirgel was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Nirgel was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Healer. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nirgel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Servant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1600 gp. Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Star ruby (900 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a simple green robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He keeps his blue hair in a flapper bob. His black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Morthos lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Morthos was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Morthos decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Miner kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.