Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Curran was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bellfounder. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Amnon 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1700 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: This southern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hork isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Hork was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Courier. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1500 sp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her red hair is cut short. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Hatae was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Sard (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her red hair is well kept. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to protect her home

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. Now she works as a singing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is physically well-built. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He worked as a nervous Jeweler and found it very stressful. 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 relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a Bounty Hunter, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 14000 sp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He has a very tight haircut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Raymond is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Raymond lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 90 pp.