Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a pickaxe on his belt. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. 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: He is greedy; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 13000 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was taken from his home at a very young age. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 sp. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Smokesticks. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. She carries with her a set of monstrous two handed axes on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her hair is silver and curly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student she started as a Knight, but she got bored and became a Locksmith. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1800 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His chestnut hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and seeks redemption

Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A 5'3" southern woman, she wears a tan coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Ploughman. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a pastel shirt with thin black vertical stripes and grey pants, and is pretty ugly. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. After a long history of fighting, Two Llamas and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a spy and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a Mason first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has achieved small success as a Mason.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Backpack.

Description: He wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His fur is cut close to his head. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 91. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Seven was born with his father's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with his Courier father left him crippled. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Seven fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is an epitome of beauty. His white hair is braided into rings. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hoglik grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Hoglik. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Breastplate.