Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Avice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and expand her business

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2400 gp. Pink pearl (160 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He struck the Stylist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Military, In love. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Navigator. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sybil hails from a village terrorized by giants. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is content; and expand her business

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. The war was a terrible time for her, and Mastema does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Mastema was born the youngest of three triplets. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her lavender fur, when down, is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2400 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Zircon (40 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She is an epitome of beauty. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Miner father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Iolite (50 gp).

Description: He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has violet eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 9000 gp. Silver ewer (80 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eida grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Eida. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.