Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing, and carries sais. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Howard 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 Howard. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears her brown hair down. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a green shirt, with a pastel mid length skirt with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She keeps her long rusty crest kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sora studied abroad. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dragonborn conditions. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 pp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has no hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Apothecary born in the past three hundred years. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Apothecary. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a green armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her eyes are black and beady.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Frouse hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 14000 sp.

Description: This man wears just a brown suit. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 15000 cp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is baby faced.

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. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Kilvar was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Sellsword. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sellsword for hire.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His blue crest is matted, messy, and big. He wears a mask on his face.

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 enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Rhogar was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Rhogar's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Rhogar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 360 gp.