Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull green iron scale mail. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ella grew up listening to her mother's many stories. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 180 pp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Henry is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born into a rich family. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and violet handkerchief worn on his right side. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sard (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His ears are large.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Baker. He carries a battered morningstar and tarnished flail as well. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Mhurren reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 11000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (7000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tattered old clothes. He has no hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dalgal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Iolite (30 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Amber (100 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, white cloak. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has moderate length white hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Jade (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.