Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Her hair is silver and curly. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Vanchu speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Obsidian (11 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a tan scarf. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to protect his home

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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, Ralf is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

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 father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Zircon (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a green cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She has no crest. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Addict, Insane. Occupation: Baker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available he will default to his club, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His blue hair is unkempt and raggedy. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. She is baby faced.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nemeia 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 Nemeia. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2700 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is purple and curly. His silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Marbas is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Marbas studied abroad. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He's also a talented Miller, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 sp.