Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Jak never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a green coat with tan slacks. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver ewer (80 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'10". He wears white trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and his gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Az-Adar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She has moderate length white hair. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This man tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of a Brewer, who enjoyed hunting, Gilthur was taken on many hunting expeditions. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and balancing his hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Sard (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Jade (100 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his auburn hair down. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Stylist mother left him crippled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'8" eastern man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is auburn and very short. He has blue eyes and a tan hat with a green feather.

Personality: Thamior is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He takes great joy in being the best Carpenter in town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. 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 became a Carpenter soon after.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and expand his business

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. His silver hair is knotted and matted. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a great chef.

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 gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.