Description: He wears a green costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He carries with him a set of falchions on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His red hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. At a young age his father died while driving off some orcs. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in falchion use. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. His auburn hair is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Coral (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a blue and grey robe with the hood down. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. Her brown hair is well kept. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Jarsali is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

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. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Jarsali has worked very hard to control her curse. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and is pretty ugly. Her brown hair is wavy and long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Lagazi was born the youngest of three triplets. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: This woman wears long strands of topaz and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born into a rich family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Citrine (50 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Avelina lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She is greedy; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a fancy blue dress. She has wavy black hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He usually wears his tan robe and has his spear always slung over his shoulder. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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, Pallabar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born into a rich family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp.