Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Thorin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Thorin was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is blue and curly. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Apothecary. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Blacksmith, his father struggled to pay the bills. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 4'9" northern man, he wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. He has a very tight haircut. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born in the north. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has moderate length brown hair. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Mercenary born in the past three hundred years. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing her hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 12000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear white tank tops with black pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'5" when asserting himself. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gruk is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear flannel. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He also hits on men, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has worked as a Brewer like his mother before him.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her tied-back hair is golden. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

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

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Adventurer.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears just a brown suit. She wears her black hair down. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Her first spouse was a Scribe, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Carnelian (40 gp).