Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears bulky white painted plate armor. She has shaved her head bald. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ekk isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Debt, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is renowned for her bright red dresses and hats. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She's also a talented Herbalist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and balancing her hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. His rusty crest is greasy and uncared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Now he works as a poetry tutor during his time off.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Peridot (40 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has dyed his greying orange fur a little too much giving a sharp orange color. His yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and doesn't want to be a detective and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, In love, Family. Occupation: Detective

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

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. He's also a talented Gardener, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Margery was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 120 gp. 3 Holy water.

Description: He wears a fancy grey suit. He carries with him a set of scimitars, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has red hair. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Gifted from a young age, Baern studied abroad. Baern liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor, and she perpetually has her bow ready. She has a very tight haircut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Lia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has achieved small success as a Ploughman.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and balancing her hectic life and new ploughman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue sapphire (600 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. 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: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is greedy

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, In love, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 gp.