Description: A middle-aged man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat, and is pretty ugly. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His ears are large.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He bought a bow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. He wears a colorful flower in his green crest. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Patrin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Brewer. He's also a talented Slave Trader, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp).

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. He has moderate length scarlet crest. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Nykkan was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He is portly but not overly obese. His crest is silver and very short. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Bidreked's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mortician who has hired him part-time. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Cloak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has a crush on the local sellsword

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears professional attire. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Quelenna alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. 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: Money/treasure; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Zagga is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She got into the Servant business at a young age. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and balancing her hectic life and new servant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She carries with her a set of falchions on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.