Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She is portly but not overly obese. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born in the north. Hecat was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mortician. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Hecat was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His childhood dream was to be a Slave Trader, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He carries a battered greataxe and tarnished sickle as well. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has gray eyes and a red hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Dyer for hire.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and green handkerchief worn on her right side. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his chestnut hair up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Osco never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, In love. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'11". He usually wears his brown robe and has his greatsword always slung over his shoulder. He has wavy white hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A gifted student he started as a Ploughman, but he got bored and became a Locksmith. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He stands about 6'0" and tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has dyed his greying black fur a little too much giving a sharp black color. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 got into the Actor business at a young age. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He's also a talented Sellsword, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a large red jacket. His head has been shaved. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was a Bowyer, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30 gp.