Description: He typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. 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. Halimath fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp).

Description: She wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her silver hair down. She is baby faced.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Irann grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Shortens vowels

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

Description: This woman is very fat, and prefers to wear yellow clothing when she does not wear armor. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Expert 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 was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and to be a doctor again

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Hematite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and tan robe with the hood down. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Marshal.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Marshal responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a black shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and grey pants. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Reeza was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. After a long history of fighting, Reeza and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black pearl (600 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He takes great joy in being the best Interpreter in town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student he started as a Fortune-teller, but he got bored and became a Interpreter. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Hematite (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Mortician father left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Red spinel (110 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her mace with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Merla will drive conversation. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Merla lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. She's also a talented Bounty Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She's in love; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she usually wears her blue robe and has her hand crossbow always slung over her shoulder. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

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

Possessions: 100 gp.