Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hammer, just in case. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears just a white suit. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bilga isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. 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. Being a Assassin kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 cp. Eye agate (15 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brass crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Tatyan was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tatyan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He has silver hair. He has brown eyes.

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 submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student he started as a Detective, but he got bored and became a Mayor. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Hematite (13 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears dull brown sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case, she is not a threatening figure. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Debt. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 6'7" northern man, he prefers to wear flannel. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

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 afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man likes to wear black tank tops with green pants and is in decent physical shape. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.