Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Zogdûsh was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: Standing 5'10", this woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has no hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Actor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. Eye agate (15 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Healer. He wears his chestnut hair down. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Duergath took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Being a Healer 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: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 sp. Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. Her crest is red, silky, and of moderate length. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His black hair is braided into rings. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with white slacks. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. 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: She got into the Bricklayer business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Ploughman, but she got bored and became a Bricklayer. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bricklayer for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown fur. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He has a hunchback. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His ears are large.

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 loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Tricking was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Hematite (15 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He has auburn hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in the north. Delg was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sailor. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 pp.