Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. His red hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Marbas was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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 is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Brewer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She struck the Brewer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Jade (140 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. She has no hair. She has violet eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Stylist father left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His blue hair is still thick. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is obsessed with his god.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Silaqui isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Silaqui lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Gardener they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Bather, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 5000 cp. 4 Smokesticks. 3 Thunderstones. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears a fancy blue suit. His hair is short and chestnut. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She takes great joy in being the best Body Guard in town.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 5000 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. The war was a terrible time for him, and Odo does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born to a Jeweler, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. Rose (70 gp). 1 Backpack. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Average lock.