Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is lengthy. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Silver pearl (80 gp). Coral (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears skinny pants and wears a white and brown robe with the hood down. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Ar-Pratu wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Adept, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Masseuse. He has achieved small success as a Masseuse.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and balancing his hectic life and new masseuse responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She tends to wear a large black jacket. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is baby faced.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 cp. Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears a colorful flower in her gray fur. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the west to a Ruler, Flask learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Ruler. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 700 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears dull blue sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed rapier, just in case. Her chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Bookbinder profession.

History: Meriele was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She worked as a nervous Knight and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Knight for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Knight responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 gp. Coral (90 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Jade (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears professional attire. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has auburn hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the north to a Unemployed, Miles learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He struck the Unemployed job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear yellow tank tops with black pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. After a long history of fighting, Naill and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.