Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a fancy green dress. Her hair is dark red and curly. Her black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Orianna wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Glim was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Healer. After a long history of fighting, Glim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His yellow eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. 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: Tree hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Being a Sellsword kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Star rose quartz (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her blue hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She is a great chef.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a green costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nemeia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nemeia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

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

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He sports a flattop hair cut. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Druuk 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: Druuk lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Alexandrite (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.