Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His scarlet crest is singed and shortened. He has red eyes and a green hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kerkad grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is greedy; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Ishgha is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Ishgha was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bricklayer. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To protect his home; and 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

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Military, Guardian. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 110 pp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Brug 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Lazy. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This eastern woman dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with red slacks. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her long black crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her ears are large.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born in the east. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 cp. Malachite (7 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barber and was forced into it by her family; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery, and she perpetually has her mace ready. She has moderate length silver hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Symma was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Navigator. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Mason they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Navigator, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An older woman who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze, she is not a threatening figure. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 20000 cp. Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is short and brown. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Fortune-teller like her mother before her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 60 gp.