Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. After a long history of fighting, Pikar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of orcs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this western man wears a fancy brown suit. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Crown-heir for the past few years.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 90 pp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Jet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and she perpetually has her shield ready. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise black. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Akta grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'6" and wears a brown vest and prefers black and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His yellow fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Windy was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2300 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in an above average manner. His crest is rusty and very short. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Bookbinder profession.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Brewer for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He very much looks the part of a Baker. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He got into the Baker business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Hunter, but he got bored and became a Baker. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Hunter again; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, tan shirt, and brown tie. His black hair is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Bertram enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He found a children's book about a Halfling Commoner who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Smokesticks.