Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 110 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with grey slacks. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears bulky grey painted plate armor, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Marshal soon after.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Jet (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and black tie. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Katherine and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Uraim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Spy; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 20 pp. Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her bronze crest is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Fisher but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Nala lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: An older man who usually wears his brown robe and has his scythe always slung over his shoulder, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is red and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He bought a scythe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to protect his home

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD, Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He has a hunchback. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Norûk speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1100 gp. Star ruby (1300 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'10" and wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. His white hair is long and unkept. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.