Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of a Body Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Akta was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His tied-back hair is silver. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Borun alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and many giants want him driven away

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His blue hair is long and unkept. 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 tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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: Raam was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Eye agate (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a axe on her belt. She carries with her a set of axes on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her hair is chestnut and very short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Ilga hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, In love, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bricklayer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Zepar has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Emerald (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is chestnut and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Naill alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Namfoodle was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Namfoodle's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Namfoodle and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: An older woman who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Tailor arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is content; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1600 gp.