Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her red crest, when down, is lengthy. She is baby faced.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. During her travels, Akra and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Akra discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Akra fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He got into the Bather business at a young age. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has achieved small success as a Bather.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bather responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Marshal business.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 42000 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a brown shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Diesa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's in love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears professional attire. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Architect. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (11000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Salanop hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Salanop alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Salanop and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She has wavy brown hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Butcher; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His head has been shaved. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 130 gp.