Description: This woman is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and money/treasure

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: An older man who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his black fur down. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. During his travels, Cloak and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Cloak discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Cloak fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1900 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a white vest and prefers brown and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She is baby faced.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a Unemployed, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'2", this woman wears a fancy black dress. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Peridot (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she tends to wear a large brown jacket. She keeps her long white fur kept up in a rat tail. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Tree was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a hunchback. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Dondon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Detective and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a sculptor again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her hair is purple and curly. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Orianna was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Assassin. 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. Orianna fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Moss agate (14 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a blue coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He wears his brown hair down. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

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

Description: This man wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. 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: Born to a Servant, his father struggled to pay the bills. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.