Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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, Erias is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cartwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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. 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 son.

History: Born to a Ploughman, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Artin was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Artin's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver pearl (40 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears black trousers with violet and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Sage. The war was a terrible time for him, and Mormog does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. In his youth he was a Seamstress, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mormog fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Red garnet (70 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her crest is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Megren was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Megren was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Megren decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Shepherd kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1700 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has moderate length auburn hair. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Ellywick is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Sculptor they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Butcher, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 130 gp. Rose (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a brown scarf, and carries longbows. His red fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: Serpent hails from a village terrorized by giants. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Average lock. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her rusty crest is greasy and uncared for. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 42. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Driindar was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Driindar decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1900 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a rapier on her belt, and is pretty ugly. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a great chef.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Carter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses like a well dressed Fortune-teller does. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length gray fur. His yellow eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and balancing his hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 70 pp.