Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'11" when asserting herself. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". He is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shield. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Adventurer. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a red shirt, with a yellow mid length shorts with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nelkin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he's in love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. She has done her best to style her cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in the north to a Barrister, Smoking learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Anselm grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'8". He wears a blue vest and prefers black and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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 has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Coral (90 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears black trousers with pastel and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her black hair is long and unkept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

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. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 900 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He has silver hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Rael was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 gp.