Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has brown hair. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Uthûg was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Junk Dealer, but he got bored and became a Ploughman. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed violet hat.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Adrie was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Merchant, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Sailor.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 160 pp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a black coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Citrine (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes, and she perpetually has her halberd ready. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: Bryseis is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bryseis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Ielenia is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a white coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a green cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His long scarlet crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: The child of a Baker, who enjoyed hunting, Gorbundus was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: 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; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 7000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 3'3" western man, he is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Antitoxin.