Description: He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Travok was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Robbie studied abroad. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has achieved small success as a Baker.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears professional attire. His orange fur has been sun bleached extensively. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Skirt was born with his father's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with his Laborer father left him crippled. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Laborer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Architect, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Râsh isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She tends to wear a large black jacket. Her purple hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Aristocrat who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature spear.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. Red garnet (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Emerald (800 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears dull green sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. She keeps her long green crest kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born in the south. Korinn abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'8" when asserting himself. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He has violet eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Aelar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Commoner, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. 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 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). 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: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.