Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Ortegar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Aristocrat, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He is a Hag in disguise. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Actor, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. A true patriot, Nora would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his auburn hair up. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Junk Dealer for hire.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again.

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10000 cp. Fire opal (600 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a pastel tunic with blue highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears her white fur down. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 work out more often.

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Lazy, Mundane. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her monstrous two handed axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her red hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has wavy brown hair. She has brown eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Animal Trainer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Animal Trainer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Animal Trainer like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Animal Trainer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Onyx (50 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Amber (80 gp).