Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He is portly but not overly obese. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. The war was a terrible time for him, and Osco does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born in the north. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her head has been shaved. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born to a Map Maker, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Healer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 sp. Jet (130 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His head has been shaved. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the north. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 9000 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a violet scarf. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Nutae was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His first spouse was a Courier, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 230 gp. Jet (70 gp). Azurite (7 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a simple white robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

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. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kabbarg was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her copper eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Aura was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aura decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Fearful, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: Standing 6'4", this man wears a green vest and prefers blue and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has no crest. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on his torso, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'1" when asserting himself. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. He has red eyes.

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 big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Doctor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Doctor for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Doctor responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy grey suit. He carries with him a set of pickaxes on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Racist, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 sp.