Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available he will default to his greataxe. His green crest is matted, messy, and big. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Aldous was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Family, Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Barbena has worked very hard to control her curse. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Barbena was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against orcs

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 900 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 6'5" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears her chestnut hair up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 50000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and yellow handkerchief worn on her right side. Her beige fur is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in an above average manner. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 22000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His silver hair is lengthy. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He got into the Stableman business at a young age. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He's also a talented Brewer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a green coat with grey slacks. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.