Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears just a black suit. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. The war was a terrible time for her, and Vorka does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Vorka was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Herbalist. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vorka fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

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 fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. The war was a terrible time for him, and Thorpe does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her blue crest, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she wants to get laid

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Criminal record, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His silver hair is cut short. He has green eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. With wild golden hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer 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 axe.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 50000 cp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a grey tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes, and she perpetually has her greataxe ready. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. 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: Wants her loneliness to end; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'1" when asserting himself. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Pijjirik's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. The war was a terrible time for him, and Pijjirik does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Pijjirik was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants and is in decent physical shape. His red fur is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.