Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his nunchaku. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 6000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her tied-back hair is red. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Server, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. He has a hunchback. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Azaki grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sculptor. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 gp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Rose (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. 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, Quarion is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Quarion hails from a village terrorized by giants. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Quarion alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2700 gp. White pearl (70 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her crest is green and very short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. A friendly and beautiful Dragonborn, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born into a rich family. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Merla fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Cecily abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has silver hair. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her first spouse was a Gardener, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She bought a quarterstaff and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears blue trousers with brown and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ridaro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her first spouse was a Roofer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has worked as a Ploughman like her mother before her.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.